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鉛筆

pencil

Character Composition

Characters

Pinyin

qian1bi3 • qiānbǐ

Meaning

Primary

pencil

Alternatives

pencils

Mnemonic

A 鉛筆 pencil is a 筆 pen that uses 鉛 lead instead of ink.

Usage

一 幅 鉛筆 畫。

A pencil drawing.

這 支 鉛筆 斷 成 兩 段 了。

This pencil broke into two parts.

自動 鉛筆

mechanical pencil (lit. automatic pencil)