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执笔

zhí bǐ

2-character word Traditional 執筆

What 执笔 means

1. to write
2. to do the actual writing

The characters in 执笔

• 执zhíto execute (a plan); to grasp
• 笔bǐwriting brush; writing implement (pen, pencil etc); brushstroke…

Example sentences

• 他六岁的时候学会了用打字机，便和老师说他不用学执笔写字了。
  Tā liù suì de shíhou xuéhuì le yòng dǎzìjī, biàn hé lǎoshī shuō tā bù yòng xué zhíbǐ xiězì le.
  At the age of six he had learned to use the typewriter and told the teacher that he did not need to learn to write by hand.

Sounds the same

Read zhí bǐ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 直笔a straightforward honest account