Pencil: Quick Mandarin Lesson

铅笔 – Qiānbǐ



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Phrase Dictionary

  1. Pencil = 铅笔 qiānbǐ
  2. 铅笔需要削尖。 (Qiānbǐ xūyào xiāo jiān.): The pencil needs to be sharpened.
    • 铅笔 (Qiānbǐ): pencil
      • 铅 (qiān): lead (historically used in pencils, though modern pencils use graphite)
      • 笔 (bǐ): pen, pencil
    • 需要 (xūyào): need, require
    • 削尖 (xiāo jiān): to sharpen
      • 削 (xiāo): to pare, to cut
      • 尖 (jiān): sharp, pointed

 

Phrases and Translations

  1. 铅笔需要削尖。
    • English: The pencil needs to be sharpened.
    • Pinyin: Qiānbǐ xūyào xiāo jiān.

 

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