“Pencil” in Japanese, Chinese and 18 more languages
In Japanese, “pencil” is 鉛筆 (enpitsu). In Chinese it is 铅笔 (qiān bǐ).
Japanese
鉛筆
えんぴつ · enpitsu
この鉛筆は先がとがっています。
This pencil is sharp.
Chinese (Simplified)
铅笔
qiān bǐ
这支铅笔很尖。
This pencil is sharp.
Chinese counts it with the measure word 支: 一支铅笔 means “one pencil”.
“Pencil” 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 | 鉛筆 えんぴつ · enpitsu | この鉛筆は先がとがっています。 |
| English | pencil /ˈpensl/ | This pencil is sharp. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 铅笔 qiān bǐ | 这支铅笔很尖。 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 鉛筆 qiān bǐ | 這支鉛筆很尖。 |
| Korean | 연필 | 이 연필은 뾰족해요. |
| Spanish | lápiz | Este lápiz está afilado. |
| French | crayon | Ce crayon est bien taillé. |
| German | Bleistift | Dieser Bleistift ist spitz. |
| Italian | matita | Questa matita è appuntita. |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | lápis | Este lápis está apontado. |
| Russian | карандаш | Этот карандаш острый. |
| Arabic | قلم رصاص | رأس قلم الرصاص هذا حاد. |
| Hindi | पेंसिल | इस पेंसिल की नोक तेज़ है। |
| Indonesian | pensil | Pensil ini sudah diraut tajam. |
| Vietnamese | bút chì | Cây bút chì này rất nhọn. |
| Thai | ดินสอ | ดินสอแท่งนี้ปลายแหลม |
| Turkish | kurşun kalem | Bu kurşun kalem sivri. |
| Dutch | potlood | Dit potlood is scherp. |
| Swedish | blyertspenna | Den här blyertspennan är vass. |
| Polish | ołówek | Ten ołówek jest ostry. |
