Chinese symbol for “sketches”
笔谈
bǐ tán
Traditional: 筆談
to communicate by means of written notes (instead of speaking); to publish one's opinion (e.g. as part of a scholarly dialogue); (in book titles) essays; sketches
The closest CC-CEDICT match for sketches is 笔谈 (bǐ tán), defined as: to communicate by means of written notes (instead of speaking); to publish one's opinion (e.g. as part of a scholarly dialogue); (in book titles) essays; sketches.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 笔谈.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 笔者 (筆者) | bǐ zhě | the author; the writer (usu. refers to oneself) |
| 笔记 (筆記) | bǐ jì | to take down (in writing); notes |
| 笔记本 (筆記本) | bǐ jì běn | notebook (stationery) (CL:本 (běn)); (computing) laptop; notebook (abbr. for 笔记本电脑 (bǐ jì běn diàn nǎo)) |
| 笔下 (筆下) | bǐ xià | the wording and purport of what one writes |
| 铅笔 (鉛筆) | qiān bǐ | (lead) pencil; measure word: 支 (zhī), 枝 (zhī), 杆 (gǎn) |
| 笔名 (筆名) | bǐ míng | pen name; pseudonym |
| 谈判 (談判) | tán pàn | to negotiate; negotiation |
| 谈话 (談話) | tán huà | to talk (with sb); to have a conversation |
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.