大笔 meaning in English

dàbǐ

(formal) (honorific) your writing; your handwriting; pen; calligraphy brush

HSK 7-9nounTraditional 大筆13 strokes

Meaning of 大笔

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

dàbǐ
  1. (formal) (honorific) your writing; your handwriting
  2. pen; calligraphy brush
  3. a large sum of (money)

大笔 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

你nǐ的de计jì划huà需xū要yào一yī大dà笔bǐ钱qián。
Your plan requires a large amount of money.
五wǔ千qiān元yuán是shì一yī大dà笔bǐ钱qián。
5000 yuan is a lot of money.
他tā留liú给gěi了le他tā的de儿ér子zi一yī大dà笔bǐ财cái富fù。
He left his son a large fortune.
John 继jì承chéng了le一yī大dà笔bǐ财cái产chǎn。
John inherited a large fortune.
弗fú雷léi留liú给gěi了le他tā的de妻qī子zǐ一yī大dà笔bǐ财cái富fù。
Fred left his wife a large fortune.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

大 dà · big · 3 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3

笔 bǐ · writing brush · 10 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10

Related words

Words that share a character with 大笔.

大学dàxuéuniversity; college
大学生dàxuéshēnguniversity student; college student
不大bù dànot very (clear, far away etc); not too; not often; infrequently
大家dàjiāeveryone; influential family
大人dàrenadult; grownup
长大zhǎngdàto grow up
大部分dàbùfenthe greater part; the majority; most; Taiwan pr. [da4bu4fen4]
大声dà shēngloud voice; in a loud voice
大量dàliànggreat amount; large quantity
大多数dàduōshù(great) majority
大海dàhǎisea; ocean
大门dàménentrance; door

Questions about 大笔

What does 大笔 mean?

大笔 (dàbǐ) means "(formal) (honorific) your writing; your handwriting; pen; calligraphy brush" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 大笔?

大笔 is made of 2 characters: 大 (3 strokes), 笔 (10 strokes). That is 13 strokes in total.

Is 大笔 an HSK word?

Yes. 大笔 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 大笔 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 大笔 is written 大筆.