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臘紙筆 stylus;
粉筆 chalk;
眉筆 eyebrow pencil;
鐵筆 steel stylus for carving seal-stones;
水筆 writing brush kept moist in cap;
排筆 multiple brush for painting.
(2) Quality of writing, act of writing, writing as an art: 文筆 style of writing;
筆底下＝筆力 [bi3li4]↓;
筆鋒 [bi3feng1]↓;
神來之筆 inspired passage or sentence;
筆生花，生花妙筆 brilliant writing;
筆酣墨飽 joy of the brush;
刀筆 lawyer's skillful wording, cutting remarks;
潤筆 “brush moistener,”i.e., fees for writing or painting;
動筆 start to write, commit to writing.
(3) A stroke in callig.: 筆畫 brush strokes;
敗筆 a bad stroke.
see Adv. & adj.↓.
筆錄，筆記 v.t., put down in writing, n., notes;
see 筆記 [bi3ji4]↓;
筆削 (court.) (please) correct (my) writing mistakes;
筆答 reply by writing in examination papers;
筆戰 controversy in current articles;
筆耕 make a living by writing.
2.筆單 [bi3dan1], n., in 掛筆單 give author’s, artist's, rates for remuneration (＝潤筆).
3.筆調 [bi3diao4], n., style of writing.
4.筆法 [bi3fa3], n., (1) way, technique of forming a stroke; (2) technique of writing.
5.筆鋒 [bi3feng1], n., power, sharpness of style; angle formations in calligraphy.
6.筆管（兒） [bi2guan3] ([bi2gua3er0]), n., handle of brush.
7.筆會 [bi3hui4], n., P.E.N., International Association of Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists.
8.筆札 [bi3zha2], n., stationery; things connected with writing; handwritten letter.
9.筆者 [bi2zhe3], n., the present writer.
10.筆跡 [bi3ji1], n., handwriting (of persons).
11.筆架（兒） [bi3jia4]([er0]), n., stack for holding brushes.
12.筆尖兒 [bi3jian1] ([bi3jia1er0]), n., tip of brush.
13.筆記 [bi3ji4], n., notes of lectures, reading; “Notes,” oft. name of a book.
14.筆直 [bi3zhi2], adj., straight (of street, etc.).
15.筆據 [bi3jU4], n., notes in writing (I. O. U., etc.) useful as legal proof.
16.筆力 [bi3li4], n., power of style, or strokes.
17.筆路 [bi3lu4], n., style, technique of calligraphy.
18.筆帽（兒） [bi3mao4]([er0]), n., cap for brush.
19.筆名 [bi3ming2], n., pen name.
20.筆墨 [bi3mo4], n., stationery articles; 筆墨生涯 writing as a profession; 筆墨官司 controversy in writing.
21.筆下 [bi3xia4], n., act or style of writing: 筆下留情 phr., spare person in critical attacks; n., 筆下超生 phr., asking judge to write a lenient sentence.
22.筆洗（子） [bi3xi3]([zi0]), n., small tray for washing brushes.
23.筆算 [bi3suan4], n., arithmetic (doing it on paper), as opposed to 珠算 (doing it by abacus).
24.筆套 [bi3tao4], n., cap for brush.
25.筆筒 [bi2tong3], n., container for brushes.
26.筆資 [bi3zi1], n., fees for writing.
27.筆誤 [bi3wu4], n., mistake in writing, corresponding to “typographical error.”
28.筆意 [bi3yi4], n., charm of stroke; flow of thought in writing.
29.筆友 [bi3you3], n., friend by correspondence; pen pal.