bǐ jì běn diàn nǎo 
		laptop
notebook (computer)
CL:臺|台[tai2],部[bu4]
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			bǐ jì běn 
		notebook (stationery)
CL:本[ben3]
notebook (computing)
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			bǐ mò 
		pen and ink
words
writing
		 
		
		
														
		
		
					
				
		
			zhí bǐ 
		to write
to do the actual writing
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			bǐ chù 
		brush stroke in Chinese painting and calligraphy
brushwork
style of drawing or writing
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			fěn bǐ 
		chalk
CL:支[zhi1],段[duan4]
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			bǐ 
		pen
pencil
writing brush
to write or compose
the strokes of Chinese characters
classifier for sums of money, deals
CL:支[zhi1],枝[zhi1]
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			fú bǐ 
		foreshadowing (literary device)
foretaste of material to come (in essay or story)
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			bǐ zhí 
		perfectly straight
straight as a ramrod
bolt upright
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			yuán zhū bǐ 
		ballpoint pen
CL:支[zhi1],枝[zhi1]
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			bài bǐ 
		a faulty stroke in calligraphy or painting
a faulty expression in writing
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			bǐ lù 
		to put down in writing
to take down notes
transcript
record
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			máo bǐ 
		writing brush
CL:枝[zhi1],管[guan3]
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Bǐ huì 
		PEN (association of writers)
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			bǐ xià 
		the wording and purport of what one writes
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			bǐ huà 
		strokes of a Chinese character
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			bǐ fǎ 
		technique of writing
calligraphy
or drawing
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			bǐ shùn 
		stroke order (when writing Chinese character)
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			bǐ jì 
		to take down (in writing)
notes
a type of literature consisting mainly of short sketches
CL:本[ben3]
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			suí bǐ 
		essay-writing
belles-lettres
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			qiān bǐ 
		(lead) pencil
CL:支[zhi1],枝[zhi1],桿|杆[gan3]
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			bǐ huà 
		variant of 筆畫|笔画[bi3 hua4]
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			miào bǐ 
		talented, gifted or ingenious writing
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Là bǐ Xiǎo xīn 
		Crayon Shin-chan (クレヨンしんちゃん), Japanese manga and anime series popular in China
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			bǐ huà shù 
		stroke count (number of brushstrokes of a Chinese character)
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			wǔ bǐ shū rù fǎ 
		five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin 王永民 in 1983
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			méi bǐ 
		eyebrow pencil (cosmetics)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			tí bǐ 
		to take up one's pen
to start to write
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shén bǐ 
		lit. divine pen
fig. outstanding writing
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			wǔ bǐ 
		abbr. of 五筆字型|五笔字型, five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin 王永民 in 1983
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			wǔ bǐ biān mǎ 
		five-stroke code, Chinese character input method
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			diǎn jīng zhī bǐ 
		the brush stroke that dots in the eyes (idiom); fig. to add the vital finishing touch
the crucial point that brings the subject to life
a few words to clinch the point
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			bǐ jiān 
		nib
pen point
the tip of a writing brush or pencil
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			sǐ wáng bǐ jì 
		Death note (Japanese: デスノート), translation of cult manga series by author ŌBA Tsugumi 大場鶇|大场鸫[Da4 chang3 Dong1] (pen-name) and illustrator OBATA Takeshi 小畑健[Xiao3 tian2 Jian4]