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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 笔杆

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
笔杆 bǐ gǎn - the shaft of a pen or writing brush
- (metonym) pen (as in 耍筆桿|耍笔杆[shua3 bi3gan3] and 搖筆桿|摇笔杆[yao2 bi3gan3])

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - - 60,249 49,343

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
笔 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]
杆 gān- pole
- CL:條|条[tiao2],根[gen1]
杆 gǎn- stick
- pole
- lever
- classifier for long objects such as guns

Other Words Containing 笔杆

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
笔杆子 - - 51,294 73,369 61,964