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Etymology [edit]
From Chinese Pidgin English chop (“quick”) (compare chop-chop) + stick.
Pronunciation [edit]
chopstick (plural chopsticks)
- A (single) particular East Asian eating utensil, used in pairs and held in the hand, the utensil is a stick, usually made of wood, of approximately 23cm (~10") in length.
- (ethnic slur) an Asian person
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Translations [edit]
single eating utensil
- Arabic: أعواد الأكل (ar) ('a3waad al-'akl) pl, هاشي (ar) (hashi) m (from Japanese), عصًا الأكل (ar) (3idan al-'akl) m
- Bulgarian: пръчица за ядене (bg) (prǎčica za jadene)
- Burmese: တူ (my) (tu)
- Chinese:
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- Mandarin: 筷子 (cmn) (kuàizi), 筷兒 (cmn), 筷儿 (cmn) (kuàir), 箸 (cmn) (zhù)
- Min Nan: 箸 (nan) (tī, tū)
- Czech: jídelní hůlka (cs) f
- Dutch: eetstokje (nl) n
- Esperanto: haŝio (eo)
- Finnish: syömäpuikko (fi), puikko (fi)
- French: baguette (fr) f
- German: Essstäbchen (de) n
- Hebrew: מקלות אכילה (he) (maqqelot akhila) m pl
- Hungarian: evőpálcika (hu)
- Icelandic: matarprjónn (is) m, prjónn (is) m
- Indonesian: sumpit (id), penyepit (id), penjepit (id), sepit (id)
- Italian: bacchette (it) f
- Japanese: 箸 (ja) (はし, hashi), おはし (ja) (o-hashi), 菜箸 (ja) (さいばし, saibashi) (cooking/serving only), おてもと (ja) (otemoto), 割り箸 (ja) (わりばし, waribashi) (splittable)
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