笔画(bǐ huà) - stroke (of a Chinese character) in Mandarin

这zhè个ge字zì的de笔bǐ画huà太tài多duō了le，我wǒ总zǒng是shì写xiě错cuò。

This character has too many strokes; I always get it wrong.

写xiě汉hàn字zì的de时shí候hou，笔bǐ画huà的de顺shùn序xù很hěn重zhòng要yào。

When writing characters, the order of the strokes matters.

他tā的de字zì笔bǐ画huà很hěn清qīng楚chu。

The strokes in his handwriting are very clear.

繁fán体tǐ字zì的de笔bǐ画huà一yì般bān比bǐ简jiǎn体tǐ字zì多duō。

Traditional characters usually have more strokes than simplified ones.

老lǎo师shī教jiāo我wǒ们men怎zěn么me写xiě每měi一yí个gè笔bǐ画huà。

The teacher showed us how to write each stroke.