“Pen” in Japanese, Chinese and 18 more languages
In Japanese, “pen” is ペン (pen). In Chinese it is 笔 (bǐ).
Japanese
ペン
pen
このペンは書きやすいです。
This pen writes well.
Chinese (Simplified)
笔
bǐ
这支笔很好写。
This pen writes well.
Chinese counts it with the measure word 支: 一支笔 means “one pen”.
“Pen” in 20 languages
The word and an example sentence in each language. The speaker buttons read them aloud with your browser’s voice.
| Language | Word | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ペン pen | このペンは書きやすいです。 |
| English | pen /pen/ | This pen writes well. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 笔 bǐ | 这支笔很好写。 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 筆 bǐ | 這支筆很好寫。 |
| Korean | 펜 | 이 펜은 잘 써져요. |
| Spanish | bolígrafo | Este bolígrafo escribe bien. |
| French | stylo | Ce stylo écrit bien. |
| German | Stift | Dieser Stift schreibt gut. |
| Italian | penna | Questa penna scrive bene. |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | caneta | Esta caneta escreve bem. |
| Russian | ручка | Эта ручка хорошо пишет. |
| Arabic | قلم | الكتابة بهذا القلم مريحة. |
| Hindi | पेन | यह पेन अच्छा चलता है। |
| Indonesian | pulpen | Pulpen ini enak dipakai menulis. |
| Vietnamese | bút | Cây bút này viết rất êm. |
| Thai | ปากกา | ปากกาด้ามนี้เขียนลื่น |
| Turkish | tükenmez kalem | Bu tükenmez kalem iyi yazıyor. |
| Dutch | pen | Deze pen schrijft goed. |
| Swedish | penna | Den här pennan skriver bra. |
| Polish | długopis | Ten długopis dobrze pisze. |
