(qiān bǐ) - pencil in Mandarin

qiānbǐ

Traditional: 鉛筆

HSK 3

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Translation

pencil

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铅

笔

Examples

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Please write your name in pencil.

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My pencil has gone missing.

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She has a red pencil.

铅笔 (qiānbǐ) is a pencil, literally lead pen, even though modern pencils contain graphite rather than lead. The measure word is 支 (zhī) or 枝 (zhī): 一支铅笔 (one pencil).

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