動筷

Chinese

		to move; to change; to use to move; to change; to use; to act	chopstick
trad. (動筷)		動	筷
simp. (动筷)		动	筷

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dòngkuài

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄎㄨㄞˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dòngkuài
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄎㄨㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dòngkuài
    • Wade–Giles: tung⁴-kʻuai⁴
    • Yale: dùng-kwài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: donqkuay
    • Palladius: дункуай (dunkuaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʰu̯aɪ̯⁵¹/

Verb

動筷

1. to start eating

Synonyms

• 出箸 (Hokkien)
• 起筷 (Cantonese)
• 開始用餐／开始用餐 (kāishǐ yòngcān)
• 開飯／开饭 (kāifàn)
• 開餐／开餐 (hoi¹ caan¹) (Cantonese)