筷
Meanings
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- 1.chopstick
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Wiktionary
- 1.chopsticks (Classifier: 雙／双 m c; 對／对 c)
- 2.Classifier for an amount of food held with a pair of chopsticks.
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Etymology
From 快 (kuài), originally euphemistic for 箸 (zhù), homophonous to 住 (zhù, “to stay; to stop”). See 筷子 (kuàizi) for more.
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Related words
筷子 chopsticks碗筷 bowl and chopsticks公筷 serving chopsticks火筷子 fire tongs免洗筷 (Tw) disposable chopsticks环保筷 reusable chopsticks (Tw)卫生筷 disposable chopsticks筷子芥 Arabis, a genus of Brassica family including cress筷子腿 (coll.) skinny legs公筷母匙 (Tw) serving chopsticks and serving spoons used in communal dining to promote hygiene端起碗吃肉，放下筷子骂娘 lit. to eat meat from one's bowl, then put down one's chopsticks and scold one's mother (idiom)