| 奋笔疾书 | fèn bǐ jí shū | to write at a tremendous speed |
| 妙笔 | miào bǐ | talented, gifted or ingenious writing |
| 妙笔生花 | miào bǐ shēng huā | gifted or skillful writing |
| 小笔电 | xiǎo bǐ diàn | mini laptop or notebook (computer); netbook; CL:台,部 |
| 屠毒笔墨 | tú dú bǐ mò | poisonous writing; disparaging writing; calumny |
| 投笔从戎 | tóu bǐ cóng róng | to lay down the pen and take up the sword (idiom); to join the military (esp. of educated person) |
| 折笔 | zhé bǐ | against the bristles (brush movement in painting) |
| 拙笔 | zhuō bǐ | my clumsy writing (humble expr.); my humble pen |
| 持橐簪笔 | chí tuó zān bǐ | to serve as a counselor (idiom) |
| 提笔 | tí bǐ | to take up one's pen; to start to write |
| 提笔忘字 | tí bǐ wàng zì | to have difficulty remembering how to write Chinese characters |
| 搁笔 | gē bǐ | to put down the pen; to stop writing |
| 败笔 | bài bǐ | a faulty stroke in calligraphy or painting; a faulty expression in writing |
| 曲笔 | qū bǐ | falsification in writing; misrepresentation in written history; deliberate digression |
| 橐笔 | tuó bǐ | to make one's living by writing |
| 横笔 | héng bǐ | bristles lying down (brush movement in painting) |
| 死亡笔记 | sǐ wáng bǐ jì | Death note (Japanese: デスノート), translation of cult manga series by author ŌBA Tsugumi 大场鸫 (pen-name) and illustrator OBATA Takeshi 小畑健 |
| 涉笔 | shè bǐ | to move the pen; to start writing; putting pen to paper |
| 润笔 | rùn bǐ | remuneration for literary or artistic work |
| 煞笔 | shā bǐ | to stop one's pen; to break off writing; final remarks (at the end of a book or article) |
| 荧光笔 | yíng guāng bǐ | highlighter (pen) |
| 独立中文笔会 | dú lì Zhōng wén bǐ huì | Independent Chinese PEN center |
| 生花妙笔 | shēng huā miào bǐ | beautiful or talented writing |
| 白板笔 | bái bǎn bǐ | whiteboard marker; dry-erase marker |
| 直笔 | zhí bǐ | a straightforward honest account |
| 眉笔 | méi bǐ | eyebrow pencil (cosmetics) |
| 眼线笔 | yǎn xiàn bǐ | eyeliner (cosmetics) |
| 神笔 | shén bǐ | lit. divine pen; fig. outstanding writing |
| 秉笔 | bǐng bǐ | to hold the pen; to do the actual writing |
| 笔供 | bǐ gòng | written evidence, as opposed to oral evidence 口供 |
| 笔划 | bǐ huà | variant of 笔画; strokes of a Chinese character |
| 笔划检字表 | bǐ huà jiǎn zì biǎo | look-up table for Chinese character based on radical and stroke-count |
| 笔胜于刀文比武强 | bǐ shèng yú dāo wén bǐ wǔ qiáng | the pen is mightier than the sword (idiom) |
| 笔友 | bǐ yǒu | pen pal |
| 笔帽 | bǐ mào | the cap of a pen, pencil, or writing brush |
| 笔底下 | bǐ dǐ xià | ability to write |
| 笔心 | bǐ xīn | pencil lead; refill (for a ball-point pen) |
| 笔战 | bǐ zhàn | written polemics |
| 笔挺 | bǐ tǐng | (standing) very straight; straight as a ramrod; bolt upright; well-ironed; trim |
| 笔替 | bǐ tì | (poorly paid) ghostwriter or substitute calligrapher |
| 笔会 | Bǐ huì | PEN (association of writers) |
| 笔架 | bǐ jià | pen rack; pen-holder |
| 笔杆子 | bǐ gǎn zi | pen; an effective writer |
| 笔画数 | bǐ huà shù | stroke count (number of brushstrokes of a Chinese character) |
| 笔砚 | bǐ yàn | writing brush and ink stone |
| 笔筒 | bǐ tǒng | pen container; brush pot |
| 笔算 | bǐ suàn | do a sum in writing; written calculation |
| 笔管面 | bǐ guǎn miàn | penne pasta |
| 笔记型电脑 | bǐ jì xíng diàn nǎo | notebook (computer) |
| 笔记本 | bǐ jì běn | notebook; CL:本 |
