随笔 (suí bǐ) — informal essay; personal essay; jottings

Definition

Examples

• 他喜欢写随笔，记录生活中的小事。
  Tā xǐ huan xiě suí bǐ, jì lù shēng huó zhōng de xiǎo shì.
  He likes to write informal essays, recording small things in life.
• 这本随笔集收录了他十年的作品。
  Zhè běn suí bǐ jí shōu lù le tā shí nián de zuò pǐn.
  This collection of essays includes his works from ten years.
• 读他的随笔，就像听一位老朋友聊天。
  Dú tā de suí bǐ, jiù xiàng tīng yí wèi lǎo péng you liáo tiān.
  Reading his essays is like chatting with an old friend.