箸子
Chinese
| chopsticks | child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight | ||
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| simp. and trad. (箸子) |
箸 | 子 | |
Pronunciation
Noun
箸子
- (regional) chopsticks
- 劉姥姥便伸箸子要夾，那裡夾的起來，滿碗裡鬧了一陣好的，好容易撮起一個來，才伸著脖子要吃，偏又滑下來滾在地下，忙放下箸子要親自去撿，早有地下的人撿了出去了。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
- From: Cao Xueqin, Dream of the Red Chamber, mid-18th century CE
- Liú lǎolao biàn shēn zhùzi yào jiā, nàlǐ jiā de qǐlái, mǎn wǎn lǐ nào le yīzhèn hǎo de, hǎo róngyì cuō qǐ yīge lái, cái shēn zhe bózi yào chī, piān yòu huá xiàlái gǔn zài dìxià, máng fàngxià zhùzi yào qīnzì qù jiǎn, zǎo yǒu dìxià de rén jiǎn le chūqù le. [Pinyin]
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
刘姥姥便伸箸子要夹，那里夹的起来，满碗里闹了一阵好的，好容易撮起一个来，才伸着脖子要吃，偏又滑下来滚在地下，忙放下箸子要亲自去捡，早有地下的人捡了出去了。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 筷子 (“chopsticks”) [map]
Classifier
箸子
- (Beijing Mandarin) Classifier for an amount of food held with a pair of chopsticks.
- 很勉強的，他喝了半盅兒酒，吃了一箸子菜。 [MSC, trad.]
- From: 1944, 老舍 (Lao She), 惶惑, in 四世同堂 (sìshìtóngtáng) (Four Generations Under One Roof)
- Hěn miǎnqiǎng de, tā hē le bàn zhōngr jiǔ, chī le yī zhùzi cài. [Pinyin]
- Reluctantly, he drank half a cup of wine and ate a chopstick-ful of vegetables.
很勉强的，他喝了半盅儿酒，吃了一箸子菜。 [MSC, simp.]
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