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笔谈

筆談
bǐtán
verb

Meanings

  1. 1 to communicate by writing notes (instead of speaking)
  2. 2 essays / sketches (in book titles)

Examples

HSK 5
古代中日学者常用汉字笔谈交流。
Gǔdài Zhōng Rì xuézhě chángyòng Hànzì bǐtán jiāoliú.
Chinese and Japanese scholars in earlier eras often communicated by writing Chinese characters.
HSK 6
他听不见，我们只好笔谈。
Tā tīng bújiàn, wǒmen zhǐhǎo bǐtán.
He can't hear, so we had to write notes back and forth.

Tips

history
Famous in book titles: Shen Kuo's 《梦溪笔谈》 ('Brush Talks from Dream Brook', c. 1088) is one of China's most influential scientific encyclopedias.

Stroke Order

笔 bǐ
谈 tán