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筷子

Mandarin · pinyin kuài zi

chopsticks
Classifier: 對 duì, 根 gēn, 把 bǎ, 雙 shuāng

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筷: kuài · chopsticks
子: zǐ · offspring, child; fruit, seed of; first earthly branch

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4–5 · kuai4 zi5

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faai3 zi2

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noun

chopsticks (Classifier: 雙／双 m c; 對／对 m c; 把 m; 副 m; 根 m; 枝 c; 隻／只 c)

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Classifier for an amount of food held with a pair of chopsticks.

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