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搁笔

gē bǐ

2-character word Traditional 擱筆

What 搁笔 means

1. to put down the brush; to stop writing (or painting)

The characters in 搁笔

• 搁gēto place; to put aside; to shelve
• 笔bǐwriting brush; writing implement (pen, pencil etc); brushstroke…

Sounds the same

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

• 戈比kopeck (unit of money, one hundredth of ruble) (loanword)

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read gē bǐ correctly.
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