支, zhī
Meaning: MW for pens
HSK 5 word
Example
请给我一支笔，我要写字。
Qǐng gěi wǒ yī zhī bǐ, wǒ yào xiězì.
Please give me a pen, I need to write.
Also written 支: zhī, “to prop up, to put up, to support” (HSK 6).
More HSK 5 words
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- 等于děngyúto equal
- 颗kēMW for small things
- 朵duǒMW for flowers
- 匹pǐMW for horses
- 批pībatch; to criticize
- 阵zhènbattle array; MW
- 甲jiǎfirst, armor
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