洋筆

Chinese

ocean; foreign
 
pen; pencil; writing brush
pen; pencil; writing brush; to write or compose; the strokes of Chinese characters
trad. (洋筆) 洋 筆
simp. (洋笔) 洋 笔
Literally: “foreign pen”.

Etymology

Perhaps a re-etymologization of 鉛筆/铅笔 (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation


Noun

洋筆

  1. (dialectal) pencil

Synonyms

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