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Pinyin	Yale	Jyutping	English Definition for Chinese Text
qian1 bi3	yun4 bat1	jyun4 bat1	(lead) pencil

Traditional Chinese	Pinyin	Yale	Jyutping	English Definition for Chinese Text
鉛 Learn more	qian1	yun4	jyun4	lead (chemistry)
筆 Learn more	bi3	bat1	bat1	pen / pencil / writing brush / to write or compose / the strokes of Chinese characters / classifier for sums of money, deals

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Traditional	Pinyin	Used for
桿	gan3	long objects such as guns or poles
枝	zhi1	rifles; flowers; alternative form of 支
支	zhi1	rods such as pens and guns; army divisions; songs or compositions

He kept jabbing at the paper cup with his pencil.

She began rubbing out the pencilled marks in the margin.

Her pencil tapped out a staccato rhythm on the desk top.

When you sharpen a pencil, you make chips.

He picked up a pencil and toyed with it idly.

He kept jabbing ( away ) at the paper cup with his pencil.

Ridley picked up a pencil and fiddled with it.

Ten dollars is a fabulous price for an ordinary pencil.

Ah Ch'ou endured a while longer , then said, " Eldest Uncle, your pencil is so pretty.

The radio crackled for a few minutes, and Lonsdale's pensil scratched out the decrypt.

Phonetics:	ni3	nǐ
Tone colors (āáǎàa):	off	on