to take down (in writing); notes; a type of literature consisting mainly of short sketches; CL:本[ben3]

notebook (stationery) (CL:本[ben3]); (computing) laptop; notebook (abbr. for 筆記本電腦|笔记本电脑[bi3 ji4 ben3 dian4 nao3])

(lead) pencil; CL:支[zhi1],枝[zhi1],桿|杆[gan3]

handwriting

(formal) (honorific) your writing; your handwriting; pen; calligraphy brush; a large sum of (money)

to put down in writing; to take down notes; transcript; record

laptop; notebook (computer); CL:臺|台[tai2],部[bu4]

fountain pen; CL:支[zhi1]

perfectly straight; straight as a ramrod; bolt upright

to write off at one stroke

chalk; CL:支[zhi1],段[duan4]

crayon (wax type)

painting brush

the wording and purport of what one writes

pen pal

sth written or painted in one's own hand; (of a writer, calligrapher or painter) skill; style; hand; (fig.) style shown in spending money, handling business etc; scale

to communicate by means of written notes (instead of speaking); to publish one's opinion (e.g. as part of a scholarly dialogue); (in book titles) essays; sketches

to put pen to paper

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

in one's own handwriting

to write on behalf of sb; to ghostwrite

foreshadowing (literary device); foretaste of material to come (in an essay or story)

to write freely; to express oneself as one pleases

light pen

superfluous words (in writing); superfluous strokes (in calligraphy)

writing up of official or judicial documents; pettifoggery

to put pen to paper; to start writing or painting

writing brush

talented, gifted or ingenious writing

to retire from writing or drawing

gongbi, traditional Chinese painting method characterized by meticulous brush technique and detailed description

to start learning as a poet; to write one's first (poem, essay etc)

to write; to do the actual writing

against the bristles (brush movement in painting)

my clumsy writing (humble expr.); my humble pen

to take up one's pen; to start to write

to put down the brush; to stop writing (or painting)

writings; writing style

falsification in writing; misrepresentation in written history; deliberate digression

brush dipped in red ink (used in former times for writing official documents, grading papers etc)

bristles lying down (brush movement in painting)

to make one's living by writing

writing brush; CL:枝[zhi1],管[guan3]

to start writing or painting (lit. "wet the brush")

remuneration for literary or artistic work

to stop one's pen; to break off writing; final remarks (at the end of a book or article)

electrician's test light; voltage tester

a straightforward honest account

eyebrow pencil (cosmetics)