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铅笔

qiān bǐ

Old HSK 3 HSK 3.0 level 3 2-character word Traditional 鉛筆 Measure word 支、枝、杆

铅笔 (qiān bǐ) means "(lead) pencil". It is an HSK 3.0 level 3 word, and was HSK 3 in the old six-level list.

What 铅笔 means

1. (lead) pencil

The characters in 铅笔

• 铅qiānlead (chemistry)
• 笔bǐwriting brush; writing implement (pen, pencil etc); brushstroke…

Example sentences

• 用铅笔写。
  Write it in pencil.
• 我没铅笔。
  I don't have a pencil.
• 铅笔长吗？
  Is the pencil long?
• 铅笔头钝了。
  Qiānbǐ tóu dùn le.
  The point of the pencil has become dull.
• 你有铅笔吗？
  Do you have any pencils?
• 请用铅笔写。
  Please write with a pencil.

Words starting with 铅笔

• 铅笔盒qiān bǐ hépencil case
• 铅笔刀qiān bǐ dāopencil sharpener

Words containing 铅笔

• 削铅笔xiāo qiān bǐto sharpen a pencil
• 削铅笔机xiāo qiān bǐ jīpencil sharpener (mechanical or electric)
• 自动铅笔zì dòng qiān bǐmechanical pencil; propelling pencil

Where 铅笔 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of School, Study & Language (HSK 3), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 3 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read qiān bǐ correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.