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铅笔qiānbǐpencil

Theme
Study
Level
HSK 3
Strokes
20
Characters
2

How 铅笔 is written

Stroke order matters: it sets the proportions of the character and how a reader will parse it. In the trainer these same boxes reject a stroke drawn out of turn.

铅 — 10 strokes, in writing order from left to right.
笔 — 10 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

Build a practice sheet with 铅笔

Examples

我需要一支铅笔。

Wǒ xūyào yī zhī qiānbǐ.

I need a pencil.

  • 我wǒI
  • 需要xūyàoto need
  • 一yīone
  • 支zhīmeasure word for pen-like objects
  • 铅笔qiānbǐpencil

请借我一支铅笔。

Qǐng jiè wǒ yī zhī qiānbǐ.

Please lend me a pencil.

  • 请qǐngto ask
  • 借jièto borrow; to lend
  • 我wǒI
  • 一yīone
  • 支zhīmeasure word for pen-like objects
  • 铅笔qiānbǐpencil

Not to be confused with

Characters that look or sound alike. The trainer mixes them into the answer options for exactly that reason — so the difference sticks.

  • 节日jiérìholiday
  • 左边
  • 总是