毛笔 | máo bǐ | writing brush / CL:枝[zhi1],管[guan3] | |
管 | guǎn | to take care (of) / to control / to manage / to be in charge of / to look after / to run / to care about / tube / pipe / woodwind / classifier for tube-shaped objects / particle similar to 把[ba3] in 管...叫 / constructions / writing brush / (coll.) to / towards | |
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] | |
翰 | hàn | writing brush / writing / pen | |
墨笔 | mò bǐ | writing brush | |
毛锥 | máo zhuī | writing brush (old) / Castanopsis fordii, a species of evergreen tree common in the south of China whose calybia (nuts) resemble the tip of a writing brush |