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毛笔

毛笔 (máo bǐ): Writing brush (Noun) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

毛笔 consists of 2 characters.

hair; fur; crude

writing brush; pen; pencil

Word Info

Pinyinmáo bǐ

Meaningwriting brush

Characters2

HSK 2.0—

HSK 3.0Level 5

SyntaxNoun

Word毛笔

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More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 毛笔.

Words with 毛

毛巾máo jīnHSK 4
毛衣máo yīHSK 4
羽毛球yǔ máo qiúHSK 4
毛病máo bìngHSK 5
眉毛méi maoHSK 5
一毛不拔yì máo bù báHSK 7-9
凤毛麟角fèng máo lín jiǎoHSK 7-9
毛毡máo zhān

Words with 笔

铅笔qiān bǐHSK 2
笔记bǐ jìHSK 3
笔记本bǐ jì běnHSK 3
笔试bǐ shìHSK 4
钢笔gāng bǐHSK 6
笔墨bǐ mòHSK 7-9
大笔dàbǐ
捺笔nà bǐ

3.

Example Sentences with 毛笔

tā他

yòng用

máo毛

bǐ笔

xiě写

shū书

fǎ法

。

He writes calligraphy with a brush pen.

tā他

yòng用

máo毛

bǐ笔

xiě写

le了

yī一

fú幅

piào漂

tā他

yòng用

mò墨

zhī汁

xiě写

máo毛

bǐ笔

zì字

。

liang

亮

de的

shū书

fǎ法

zuò作

pǐn品

。

He used a writing brush to create a beautiful calligraphy piece.

He uses ink to write calligraphy with a brush