笔杆子 bǐ gǎn zi

an effective writer; pen

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 50879th word

Definitions

  1. 1. an effective writer
  2. 2. pen

Characters

Character Meaning
笔 bǐ HSK 2
pen; pencil; the strokes of Chinese characters
杆 gǎn HSK 6
pole; pole; stick
子 zi HSK 1
(noun suffix); son; child