筷 (kuài): chopstick
筷 (kuài) is a Chinese character meaning “chopstick.” Classified as HSK Level 3 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of ⺮ (semantic) and 快 (phonetic). It ranks #2801 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 筷 bamboo. Its radical form 竹 (bamboo) appears in many related characters such as 笑 (xiào, to laugh), 第 (dì, (prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六[di4 liu4] "sixth")), 等 (děng, to wait for).
Definitions
- chopstick
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 筷
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 碗筷 | wǎn kuài | bowl and chopsticks |
| 端起碗吃肉，放下筷子骂娘 | duān qǐ wǎn chī ròu , fàng xià kuài zi mà niáng | lit. to eat meat from one's bowl, then put down one's chopsticks and scold one's mother (idiom) |
| 火筷子 | huǒ kuài zi | fire tongs |
| 卫生筷 | wèi shēng kuài | disposable chopsticks |
| 环保筷 | huán bǎo kuài | reusable chopsticks (Tw) |
| 筷子腿 | kuài zi tuǐ | (coll.) skinny legs |
| 公筷母匙 | gōng kuài mǔ chí | (Tw) serving chopsticks and serving spoons used in communal dining to promote hygiene |
| 公筷 | gōng kuài | serving chopsticks |
| 免洗筷 | miǎn xǐ kuài | (Tw) disposable chopsticks |
| 筷子芥 | kuài zi jiè | Arabis, a genus of Brassica family including cress |
筷 appears in 11 compound words: 27 as the first character, 45 as the last, and 27 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 筷 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
筷字在日常生活中使用频率中等。
kuài zì zài rì cháng shēng huó zhōng shǐ yòng pín lǜ zhōng děng .
The character "筷" is used moderately frequently in daily life.
筷子夹手棍棒敲头还掐颈!凌虐4岁童害终身脑...
kuài zǐ jiā shǒu gùn bàng qiāo tóu hái qiā jǐng ! líng nüè 4 suì tóng hài zhōng shēn nǎo . . .
鸟贵族首度跨出台北市 桃园首店落脚ATT筷食尚
niǎo guì zú shǒu dù kuà chū tái běi shì táo yuán shǒu diàn luò jiǎo A T T kuài shí shàng
Bird Nobility Expands Beyond Taipei for the First Time; First Taoyuan Location Opens at ATT Kuaishi Shang
你会用筷子吃饭吗？
Nǐ huì yòng kuàizi chī fàn ma?
Do you know how to eat with chopsticks?
你知道要怎么拿筷子才是正确的吗？
Nǐ zhīdào yào zěnme ná kuàizi cái shì zhèngquè de ma?
Do you know how to correctly hold chopsticks?
我们用筷子，不用刀叉。
Wǒmen yòng kuàizi, bù yòng dāochā.
We use chopsticks in place of knives and forks.
每次我去日本餐馆，我都会把筷子带回家。
Měicì wǒ qù Rìběn cānguǎn, wǒ dōu huì bǎ kuàizi dàihuí jiā.
Every time I go to a Japanese restaurant, I bring the chopsticks home.
一双红筷子破断了。
Yī shuāng hóng kuàizi pò duàn le.
A pair of red chopsticks broke.
崔西在那之前从来没有使用过筷子。
Cuī xī zài nà zhīqián cóngláiméiyǒu shǐyòng guo kuàizi.
Tracy had never used chopsticks before then.
用叉子和筷子的人经常觉得不用叉子和筷子的人不文明。
Yòng chāzi hé kuàizi de rén jīngcháng juéde bù yòng chāzi hé kuàizi de rén bù wénmíng.
Those who use forks or chopsticks often think people who don't are uncivilized.
Character Family
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