Chinese edit

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

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit


Noun edit

洋筆

  1. (dialectal) pencil

Synonyms edit