Give me a piece of chalk.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
粉笔
chalk
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
chalk
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 粉笔 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 粉笔 appears in 6 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
It is not easy to write in chalk.
Please bring me two pieces of chalk.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 粉笔.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 粉笔.
Directly before
- 两支粉笔1
- 一支粉笔1
- 用粉笔1
- 一段粉笔1
- 两根粉笔1
Directly after
- 粉笔给1
- 粉笔写字1
- 粉笔来1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 粉笔
What does 粉笔 mean in Chinese?
粉笔 (fěnbǐ) means chalk.
How do you pronounce 粉笔?
粉笔 is pronounced fěnbǐ.
Is 粉笔 an HSK word?
粉笔 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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