签字笔 簽字筆 qiān zì bǐ felt-tip pen / roller ball pen / gel ink pen 白板笔 白板筆 bái bǎn bǐ whiteboard marker / dry-erase marker 马克笔 馬克筆 mǎ kè bǐ marker (loanword) / felt marker 彩色笔 彩色筆 cǎi sè bǐ colored pencil (or crayon or marker etc) / (Tw) color marker 两性平等政策标志 liǎng xìng píng děng zhèng cè biāo zhì gender equality policy marker / gender marker 麦克笔 麥克筆 mài kè bǐ marker pen (loanword) 笔杆 筆桿 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]) syn 笔架 筆架 bǐ jià pen rack / pen-holder 笔套 筆套 bǐ tào the cap of a pen, pencil or writing brush / the sheath of a pen (made of cloth, silk or thread) syn 常驻代表委员会 Permanent Representatives Committee / Committee of Permanent Representatives 常驻代表团 cháng zhù dài biǎo tuán Permanent Mission to the United Nations / Permanent Mission 土著问题常设论坛 土著問題常設論壇 tǔ zhù wèn tí cháng shè lùn tán Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues / UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues 重大活动期间安全措施国际常设观察机构 重大活動期間安全措施國際常設觀察機構 International Permanent Observatory on Security Measures during Major Events / International Permanent Observatory 下来 下來 xià lai to come down / (completed action marker) / (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.) / (indicates continuation from the past towards us) / to be harvested (of crops) / to be over (of a period of time) / to go among the masses (said of leaders) syn 曾经 曾經 céng jīng once / already / former / previously / ever / (past tense marker used before verb or clause) syn 了 le (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) / (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) syn 们 們 men plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals syn 过 過 guo (experienced action marker) syn 航标 航標 háng biāo buoy / channel marker / signal light 受 shòu to receive / to accept / to suffer / subjected to / to bear / to stand / pleasant / (passive marker) / (LGBT) bottom syn 曾 céng once / already / ever (in the past) / former / previously / (past tense marker used before verb or clause) syn 墨斗 mò dǒu carpenter's straight line marker (an inked cord stretched tight then lowered onto timber) 墨线 墨線 mò xiàn inked line / carpenter's straight line marker (an inked cord stretched tight then lowered onto timber) 喔 wo (particle) marker of surprise, sudden realization, reminder syn 规矩绳墨 規矩繩墨 guī ju shéng mò compasses, set square and straight line marker (idiom) / fig. established standard / norms / criteria 带标识 帶標識 dài biāo shí marker 奇异笔 奇異筆 qí yì bǐ marker (writing instrument) 标柱 標柱 biāo zhù distance marker / pole marking distance on racetrack 标砖 標磚 biāo zhuān marker brick (in building) / keystone 绳墨 繩墨 shéng mò lit. carpenter's straight line marker / same as 墨斗 / fig. rules / rules and regulations syn 警标 警標 jǐng biāo buoy / navigation marker 里约标志 Rio marker 反光标志 fǎn guāng biāo zhì reflectorized marker 简易雷场标志 jiǎn yì léi chǎng biāo zhì improvised minefield marker / local warning sign 雷场周边标志 léi chǎng zhōu bian biāo zhì minefield perimeter marker 微卫星标记 wēi wèi xīng biāo jì microsatellite marker / microsatellite 危险标志 wēi xiǎn biāo zhì hazard marker 通道标志 通道標志 tòng dào biāo zhì lane marker 军事分界线标志 軍事分界線標誌 MDL marker 双行标志 雙行標誌 strip marker 替代终点 替代終點 tì dài zhōng diǎn surrogate endpoint / surrogate marker / surrogate outcome 替代指标 替代指標 tì dài zhǐ biāo surrogate endpoint / surrogate marker / surrogate outcome 标志层 標志層 biāo zhì céng marker 雷标 雷標 léi biāo mine marker 无源反射跑道系统 無源反射跑道系統 wú yuán fǎn shè pǎo dào xì tǒng passive-reflective runway system / reflective marker 行标 行標 row marker 行首尾标志 行首尾標誌 row marker 中间标志 中間標誌 intermediate marker 间隙标志 間隙標誌 gap marker 测量标志 測量標誌 survey marker 转弯点标志 轉彎點標誌 turning point marker 标准地雷标志 標準地雷標誌 standard mine marker 雷场标志 雷場標誌 minefield marker 终点标志 終點標誌 end point marker 雷场安全通道标志 雷場安全通道標誌 minefield safe-lane marker 板沟 板溝 bǎn gōu chalkboard ledge / whiteboard ledge / chalk tray (at the foot of a blackboard) / whiteboard marker tray 敖包 áo bāo (loanword from Mongolian) road or boundary marker made of piled up earth or stones, formerly worshipped as the dwelling place of spirits 签名 簽名 qiān míng to sign (one's name with a pen etc) / to autograph / signature syn 笔名 筆名 bǐ míng pen name / pseudonym 文具 wén jù stationery / item of stationery (pen, pencil, eraser, pencil sharpener etc) syn 钢笔 鋼筆 gāng bǐ fountain pen / CL:支[zhi1] syn 笔墨 筆墨 bǐ mò pen and ink / words / writing syn 带子 帶子 dài zi belt / band / ribbon / strap / girdle / (coll.) audio or video tape / Farrer's scallop (Chlamys farreri) / comb pen shell (Atrina pectinata) syn 圆珠笔 圓珠筆 yuán zhū bǐ ballpoint pen / CL:支[zhi1],枝[zhi1] syn 派克 pài kè Pike or Peck (name) / Parker Pen Company 提笔 提筆 tí bǐ to take up one's pen / to start to write 下笔 下筆 xià bǐ to put pen to paper syn 笔筒 筆筒 bǐ tǒng pen container / brush pot 假名 jiǎ míng false name / pseudonym / alias / pen name / the Japanese kana scripts / hiragana 平假名[ping2 jia3 ming2] and katakana 片假名[pian4 jia3 ming2] syn 笔尖 筆尖 bǐ jiān nib / pen point / the tip of a writing brush or pencil 亡羊补牢 亡羊補牢 wáng yáng bǔ láo lit. to mend the pen after sheep are lost (idiom) / fig. to act belatedly / better late than never / to lock the stable door after the horse has bolted syn 挥毫 揮毫 huī háo to write or draw with a brush / to put pen to paper / to write syn 围场 圍場 wéi chǎng enclosure / pig pen / hunting ground exclusively kept for emperor or nobility (in former times) 落笔 落筆 luò bǐ to put pen to paper / to start to write or draw syn 死亡笔记 死亡筆記 sǐ wáng bǐ jì Death note (Japanese: デスノート), translation of cult manga series by author ŌBA Tsugumi 大場鶇|大场鸫[Da4 chang3 Dong1] (pen-name) and illustrator OBATA Takeshi 小畑健[Xiao3 tian2 Jian4] 笔友 筆友 bǐ yǒu pen pal 笔会 筆會 bǐ huì PEN (association of writers) 口诛笔伐 口誅筆伐 kǒu zhū bǐ fá to condemn in speech and in writing (idiom) / to denounce by word and pen syn 笔误 筆誤 bǐ wù a slip of a pen / CL:處|处[chu4] syn 笔芯 筆芯 bǐ xīn pencil lead / pen refill syn 原子笔 原子筆 yuán zǐ bǐ (Tw, HK) ballpoint pen syn 运笔 運筆 yùn bǐ to wield the pen / to write 中性笔 中性筆 zhōng xìng bǐ rollerball pen 煞笔 煞筆 shā bǐ to stop one's pen / to break off writing / final remarks (at the end of a book or article) syn 笔杆子 筆桿子 bǐ gǎn zi pen / an effective writer syn 牛栏 牛欄 niú lán cattle pen 触控笔 觸控筆 chù kòng bǐ stylus pen 连写 連寫 lián xiě to write without lifting one's pen from the paper / (in the Romanization of Chinese) to write two or more syllables together as a single word (not separated by spaces) 荧光笔 熒光筆 yíng guāng bǐ highlighter (pen) 投笔从戎 投筆從戎 tóu bǐ cóng róng to lay down the pen and take up the sword (idiom) / to join the military (esp. of educated person) syn 畜栏 畜欄 chù lán pen for livestock 笔帽 筆帽 bǐ mào the cap of a pen, pencil, or writing brush syn 笔心 筆心 bǐ xīn pencil lead / refill (for a ball-point pen) syn 笔 筆 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] syn 圈 juān to confine / to lock up / to pen in syn 圈 juàn livestock enclosure / pen / fold / sty syn 喷 噴 pēn to spout / to spurt / to spray / to puff / (slang) to criticize scathingly (esp. online) syn 喷 噴 pèn (of a smell) strong / peak season (of a crop) / (classifier for the ordinal number of a crop, in the context of multiple harvests) syn 翰 hàn writing brush / writing / pen syn 