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筷子

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Chinese

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chopstick
child; son; (noun suffix)
child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
 
trad. (筷子) 筷 子
simp. #(筷子) 筷 子
alternative forms 快子

Etymology

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The Old Chinese words for "chopsticks" were 箸 (OC *das) and 梜 (OC *keːb). 箸 is preserved in almost all Min dialects (Taiwanese tī, tū; Fuzhou dê̤ṳ) and some other dialects, especially those in some contact with Min; it is also preserved in loans to other languages, e.g. Korean 젓가락 (jeotgarak), Vietnamese đũa and Zhuang dawh. Starting from the Ming Dynasty, the change to 筷子 occurred in Mandarin, Wu and some Cantonese dialects. The 15th century book Shuyuan Miscellanies (《菽園雜記》) by Lu Rong (陸容) mentioned this change:

如舟行諱「住」……，以「箸」為「快兒」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
如舟行讳「住」……，以「箸」为「快儿」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Rú zhōuháng huì “zhù”......, yǐ “zhù” wéi “kuàir” [Pinyin]
As mariners regarded 住 (zhù, “to stay; to stop (in the sea)”) as a taboo […], they called 箸 (zhù, “chopsticks”) 快兒 (lit. "quick + diminutive suffix").

The bamboo radical (竹) was later added to 快 to form 筷.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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筷子

  1. chopsticks (Classifier: 雙／双 m c; 對／对 m c; 把 m; 副 m; 根 m; 枝 c; 隻／只 c)
    用筷子吃飯／用筷子吃饭  ―  yòng kuàizi chīfàn  ―  to eat with chopsticks
    一次性筷子  ―  yīcìxìng kuàizi  ―  disposable chopsticks
    免洗筷子 [Taiwanese Mandarin]  ―  miǎnxǐ kuàizi [Pinyin]  ―  disposable chopsticks

Synonyms

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Dialectal synonyms of 筷子 (“chopsticks”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 箸, 梜
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 筷子
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 筷子
Taiwan 筷子
Chengde 筷子
Ulanhot 筷子
Tongliao 筷子
Chifeng 筷子
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 筷子
Heihe 筷子
Qiqihar 筷子
Harbin 筷子
Jiamusi 筷子
Baicheng 筷子
Changchun 筷子
Tonghua 筷子
Shenyang 筷子
Jinzhou 筷子
Malaysia 筷子
Singapore 筷子
Jilu Mandarin Tianjin 筷子
Tangshan 筷子
Cangzhou 筷子
Baoding 筷子
Shijiazhuang 箸子
Lijin 筷子
Jinan 筷子
Jiaoliao Mandarin Dalian 筷子
Dandong 筷子
Yantai 筷子
Yantai (Muping) 筷子
Qingdao 筷子
Zhucheng 筷子
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 筷子
Lingbao 筷子
Jining 筷子
Wanrong 筷子
Linfen 筷子
Shangqiu 筷子
Yuanyang 筷子
Zhengzhou 筷子, 筷兒
Xinyang 筷子
Ankang 筷子, 劃食子
Ankang (Xianhe, Hanbin) 筷子, 劃食子
Baihe 筷子
Baihe (Maoping) 筷子, 劃食子
Xi'an 筷子
Dingbian 筷子
Baoji 筷子
Tianshui 筷子
Xining 筷子, 箸兒
Xuzhou 筷子
Pizhou 筷子
Lianyungang (Ganyu) 筷子
Donghai 筷子
Fuyang 筷子
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 筷子
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 筷子
Bayanhot 筷子
Lanzhou 筷子
Dunhuang 筷子
Hami 筷子
Ürümqi 筷子
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 筷子, 檺竿
Chengdu (Xindu) 筷子, 檺竿
Nanchong 筷子
Nanbu 筷子, 箸子
Dazhou 筷子
Hanyuan 筷子
Xichang 筷子
Zigong 筷子
Chongqing 筷子
Wuhan 筷子
Yichang 筷子
Xiangyang 筷子
Tianmen 筷子
Guiyang 筷子
Zunyi 筷子
Bijie 筷子
Liping 筷子
Zhaotong 筷子
Dali 筷子
Kunming 筷子, 筷兒
Mengzi 筷兒
Guilin 筷子
Pingle 筷子
Liuzhou 筷子, 筷條
Luzhai 筷子
Nanning (Fujian) 筷子
Nanning (Wuming) 筷子
Binyang (Nanjie) 筷條
Hechi (Yizhou) 筷子, 筷條
Luocheng (Dongmen) 筷子, 筷條
Tianlin (Langping) 筷子
Jishou 筷子
Changde 筷子
Yongzhou 筷子
Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine) 筷子
Shiquan 筷子, 劃食子
Ziyang 筷子, 劃食子
Hanzhong 筷子
Dagudi (Maliba) 筷子
Reshuitang (Longling) 筷子
Mae Salong (Lancang) 筷子
Mae Sai (Tengchong) 筷子
Oudomxay 筷子
Pematangsiantar 筷子
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 筷兒, 筷子
Yangzhou 筷子
Baoying 筷子
Taizhou 筷子
Zhenjiang 筷子
Lianyungang 筷子
Huai'an (Huaiyin) 筷子
Lianshui 筷子
Xuyi 筷子
Xinghua 筷子
Nantong 筷兒
Rugao 筷兒
Yancheng 筷子
Funing 筷子
Sihong 筷子
Anqing 筷子
Wuhu 筷子
Hefei 筷子
Huanggang 筷子
Hong'an 筷子
Cantonese Guangzhou 筷子
Hong Kong 筷子, 筷 in limited contexts
Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) 筷子, 箸
Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) 箸
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 筷子
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 筷子
Macau 筷子
Guangzhou (Panyu) 筷子
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 筷子
Guangzhou (Conghua) 筷子
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 筷子
Foshan 筷子
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 筷子
Foshan (Shunde) 筷子
Foshan (Sanshui) 筷子
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 筷子
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 筷子
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 筷子
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 筷子
Zhuhai (Doumen) 筷子
Jiangmen (Baisha) 筷子
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 筷子
Taishan 筷子
Taishan (Guanghai) 筷子
Kaiping (Chikan) 筷子
Enping (Niujiang) 筷子
Heshan (Yayao) 筷子
Dongguan 筷子
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 箸
Qingyuan 筷子
Fogang 筷子
Yingde (Hanguang) 筷子
Yangshan 箸, 筷子
Lianshan (Butian) 箸
Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui) 筷子
Shaoguan 筷子
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 筷子
Renhua 筷子
Lechang 筷子
Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) 筷子
Sihui 箸
Guangning 箸
Deqing 筷子
Huaiji 箸
Fengkai (Nanfeng) 筷子
Yunfu 筷子
Xinxing 筷子
Luoding 筷子
Yunan (Pingtai) 筷子
Yangjiang 筷子
Xinyi 筷, 筷箸
Maoming (Xinpo) 筷箸, 筷手
Lianjiang 箸, 筷箸
Wuchuan (Wuyang) 筷子
Nanning 筷子, 筷手
Wuzhou 筷子, 筷手
Yulin 筷子
Hepu (Lianzhou) 筷箸
Hepu (Shatian) 筷箸
Guiping 筷子
Mengshan (Xihe) 筷子
Guigang (Nanjiang) 筷子
Beiliu (Tangliao) 筷子
Baise 筷子
Bobai 筷
Lingshan 筷箸
Pubei 筷箸
Qinzhou 筷子
Qinzhou (Xiniujiao) 筷子, 筷箸, 筷手
Beihai 筷子
Beihai (Nankang) 筷子
Beihai (Yingpan) 筷箸
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 筷子
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) 筷子
Ningming 筷子
Hengzhou 筷箸
Hezhou (Pumen, Babu) 筷箸
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) 筷子
Danzhou 箸
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 筷子
Singapore (Guangfu) 筷子
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 筷子
Móng Cái 筷子
Mandalay (Taishan) 筷子
Gan Nanchang 筷子
Pengze 筷子
Lichuan 箸
Pingxiang 筷子
Liuyang 筷子
Hakka Meixian 箸, 筷仔, 筷隻, 箸隻
Xingning 筷哩, 筷隻
Dabu (Xihe) 筷仔
Fengshun (Tangkeng) 箸
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) 筷子, 箸
Huizhou (Shuikou; Bendihua) 筷子, 箸
Huizhou (Hengli; Bendihua) 筷子
Huiyang 筷孖
Huidong (Pingshan; Bendihua) 箸
Dongguan (Qingxi) 筷箸
Longmen (Pingling; Bendihua) 箸
Longmen (Luxi; Bendihua) 筷子
Boluo (Bendihua) 筷子
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 筷子
Zhongshan (Wuguishan) 筷子
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 筷子
Wuhua (Shuizhai) 箸, 筷哩, 筷箸
Wuhua (Huacheng) 筷哩
Wuhua (Changbu) 筷哩
Wuhua (Mianyang) 箸
Heyuan (Bendihua) 箸, 筷哩
Zijin (Guzhu; Bendihua) 筷
Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua) 筷哎, 筷條, 箸
Longchuan (Sidu; Bendihua) 箸
Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua) 箸
Lianping (Zhongxin; Bendihua) 筷
Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua) 筷
Wengyuan 筷子
Xinfeng (Matou; Bendihua) 筷
Xinfeng (Daxi; Bendihua) 筷
Liannan 筷子
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 筷
Jiexi 箸
Luhe 箸
Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) 箸
Changting 筷子
Wuping 筷子
Wuping (Yanqian) 筷子
Liancheng 箸隻, 筷子
Ninghua 箸隻
Yudu 筷子
Ningdu 筷子
Ruijin 筷子
Shicheng 箸隻
Shangyou (Shexi) 筷子
Tonggu (Sandu) 筷子
Ganzhou (Panlong) 筷子
Dayu 筷子
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 筷仔
Miaoli (Zaoqiao; N. Sixian) 筷仔
Miaoli (Touwu; N. Sixian) 筷仔
Miaoli (Nanzhuang; N. Sixian) 筷仔
Miaoli (Shitan; N. Sixian) 筷仔
Miaoli (Sanwan; N. Sixian) 筷仔
Miaoli (Toufen; N. Sixian) 筷仔
Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian) 筷仔
Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian) 筷仔
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 筷仔
Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) 筷仔
Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) 筷仔
Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) 筷仔
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 箸, 筷仔
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 筷, 箸
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 箸
Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping) 箸
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 箸
Nantou (Guoxing; Lufeng) 箸
Hong Kong 筷子, 筷孖
Yangxi (Tangkou) 筷子
Yangchun (Sanjia) 筷
Xinyi (Sihe) 筷
Xinyi (Qianpai) 筷
Gaozhou (Xindong) 箸
Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) 箸
Huazhou (Xin'an) 箸
Lianjiang (Shijiao) 箸
Lianjiang (Qingping) 箸
Mengshan (Xihe) 筷
Luchuan 筷
Luchuan (Daqiao) 筷箸
Bobai (Shahe) 筷, 箸
Beiliu (Tang'an) 箸
Mashan (Pianlian) 筷
Guidong 筷子
Chengdu (Longtan) 筷子
Chengdu (Shiling) 筷子
Chengdu (Longwang) 筷子
Chengdu (Shibantan) 筷子
Chengdu (Xindu Subdistrict) 筷子, 檺竿
Sabah (Bao'an) 筷子
Sabah (Longchuan) 筷哩
Kuala Lumpur (Dabu) 筷仔
Senai (Huiyang) 筷孖
Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) 筷
Singkawang 筷
Huizhou Jixi 筷
Shexian 筷
Huangshan (Tunxi) 筷兒
Xiuning 筷兒
Yixian 筷兒
Qimen 筷子
Wuyuan 筷, 筷子
Fuliang 筷子
Dexing 筷子
Chun'an (Qiandaohu) 筷, 筷子
Chun'an (Jiangjia) 筷
Jiande (Meicheng) 筷兒
Jiande (Shouchang) 箸
Jin Taiyuan 筷子
Pingyao 筷子
Yangyuan 筷子
Datong 筷子
Datong (Yunzhou) 筷子
Datong (Xicetian, Yunzhou) 筷子
Xinzhou 筷子
Lüliang (Lishi) 筷子
Changzhi 筷子
Taibus (Baochang) 筷子
Linhe 筷子
Jining 筷子
Hohhot 筷子
Baotou 筷子
Dongsheng 筷子
Haibowan 筷子
Erenhot 筷子
Pingshan 筷子
Zhangjiakou 筷子
Handan 筷子
Linzhou 筷子
Suide 筷子
Jiuxing Yumin Jiande 筷兒
Jinhua 筷兒
Lanxi 筷兒
Tunxi 筷兒
Northern Min Jian'ou 箸
Jian'ou (Dikou) 飯箸
Songxi 箸
Zhenghe 箸
Zhenghe (Zhenqian) 概手
Jianyang 箸
Wuyishan 箸
Pucheng (Shibei) 箸
Eastern Min Fuzhou 箸
Fuzhou (Changle) 箸
Lianjiang 箸
Fuqing 箸
Pingtan 箸
Yongtai 箸
Minqing 箸
Gutian 箸
Pingnan 箸
Luoyuan 箸
Fu'an 箸
Ningde 籌, 箸
Xiapu 箸
Zherong 箸
Shouning 箸
Zhouning 箸
Fuding 飯箸
Matsu 箸
Taishun 飯箸
Cangnan 箸
Singapore (Fuqing) 箸
Southern Min Xiamen 箸, 箸奇, 箸雙, 奇箸
Xiamen (Tong'an) 箸
Quanzhou 箸, 箸奇
Jinjiang 箸, 箸奇
Nan'an 箸
Shishi 箸
Hui'an 奇箸
Anxi 箸
Yongchun 箸
Dehua 箸
Zhangzhou 箸, 箸奇, 奇箸
Zhangzhou (Longhai) 箸
Zhangzhou (Changtai) 箸
Hua'an 箸
Nanjing 箸
Pinghe 箸
Zhangpu 箸
Yunxiao 箸
Zhao'an 箸
Dongshan 箸
Taipei 箸
Taipei (Wanhua) 箸
New Taipei (Tamsui) 箸
New Taipei (Sanxia) 箸
Kaohsiung 箸
Kaohsiung (Cijin) 箸
Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) 箸
Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) 箸
Yilan 箸
Changhua (Lukang) 箸
Taichung 箸
Taichung (Wuqi) 箸
Tainan 箸
Taitung 箸
Hsinchu 箸
Kinmen 箸
Penghu (Magong) 箸
Penang (Hokkien) 箸
Singapore (Hokkien) 箸
Manila (Hokkien) 箸
Medan (Hokkien) 箸
Longyan 箸雙, 箸
Zhangping 箸雙
Zhangping (Yongfu) 箸雙
Datian 箸
Pingnan (Shangdu) 筷子
Guilin (Biyange) 箸
Cangnan 箸
Chaozhou 箸
Shantou 箸
Shantou (Chenghai) 箸
Shantou (Chaoyang) 箸
Jieyang 箸
Lufeng 箸
Haifeng 箸
Fengshun (Liuhuang) 箸
Bangkok (Teochew) 箸
Phnom Penh (Teochew) 箸
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 箸
Singapore (Teochew) 箸
Pontianak (Teochew) 箸
Leizhou 糜箸, 箸
Wenchang 糜箸, 箸
Haikou 糜箸, 箸
Qionghai 糜箸, 箸
Singapore (Hainanese) 糜箸
Puxian Min Putian 箸
Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) 奇箸
Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) 箸
Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) 箸
Xianyou 箸
Xianyou (Fengting) 奇箸
Xianyou (Youyang) 箸
Central Min Yong'an 箸
Sanming (Sanyuan) 箸
Sanming (Shaxian) 箸
Nanping (Wangtai, Yanping) 箸
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 筷子, 箸
Zhongshan (Sanxiang) 箸
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 筷子
Binyang 筷箸, 筷子
Northern Pinghua Guilin (Dahe) 筷子
Guilin (Dongbianzhou) 筷子
Lingchuan (Sanjie) 筷箸, 筷子
Shehua Fu'an 飯箸
Fuding 飯箸
Luoyuan 飯箸
Sanming 箸
Shunchang 箸
Hua'an 箸
Guixi (Zhangping) 箸
Cangnan 飯箸
Jingning (Hexi) 飯箸, 箸
Lishui 飯箸
Longyou 飯箸
Chaozhou 箸
Fengshun 箸
Waxiang Guzhang (Gaofeng) 箸
Wu Shanghai 筷, 筷子
Shanghai (Songjiang) 筷子
Shanghai (Zhoupu, Pudong) 筷子
Shanghai (Shuangcaodun, Baoshan) 筷子, 筷
Shanghai (Luodian, Baoshan) 筷子, 筷
Shanghai (Chongming) 筷
Suzhou 筷兒, 筷
Suzhou (Lili, Wujiang) 筷
Suzhou (Shengze, Wujiang) 筷
Wuxi 筷子, 筷
Changshu 筷
Kunshan 筷子
Jiaxing 筷, 筷子
Jiashan 筷
Pinghu 筷
Haining (Yanguan) 筷
Tongxiang 筷
Haiyan 筷
Changzhou 筷
Liyang 筷子
Yixing 筷, 筷子
Danyang 筷
Danyang (Tongjiaqiao) 筷子
Jingjiang 筷子
Jiangyin 筷兒, 筷兒頭, 筷
Nanjing (Gaochun) 筷子
Huzhou 筷子
Huzhou (Shuanglin) 筷
Changxing 筷
Anji 筷子
Deqing 筷兒
Hangzhou 筷兒, 筷子
Hangzhou (Yuhang) 筷兒
Hangzhou (Lin'an) 筷子
Hangzhou (Fuyang) 筷
Hangzhou (Xiaoshan) 筷
Tonglu 筷子
Tonglu (Wusheng) 筷子
Shaoxing 筷
Zhuji 筷
Zhuji (Wangjiajing) 筷
Shengzhou 筷
Shengzhou (Chongren) 筷
Shengzhou (Taiping) 筷
Xinchang 箸
Ningbo 筷
Ningbo (Zhenhai) 筷
Ningbo (Fenghua) 筷
Yuyao 筷, 筷子, 筷兒
Cixi 筷
Xiangshan 筷
Ninghai 箸
Zhoushan 筷, 筷子
Taizhou (Huangyan) 箸
Tiantai 箸
Xianju 箸
Sanmen 箸
Linhai 箸
Wenling 箸
Wenzhou 箸
Yueqing 箸
Yongjia (Fenglin) 箸
Rui'an 箸
Pingyang 箸
Taishun 箸
Wencheng 箸
Lishui 箸
Qingtian 箸
Jinyun 箸
Wuyi (Liucheng) 箸
Songyang (Xiping) 箸
Yunhe 箸
Jingning 箸
Qingyuan 箸
Longquan 箸
Quzhou 筷兒
Suichang 箸
Jiangshan 箸
Changshan 箸
Kaihua 箸
Longyou 箸
Jinhua 箸, 筷子
Jinhua (Tangxi) 箸
Yiwu 箸
Yongkang 箸
Pujiang 箸
Dongyang 箸
Wuyi 箸
Lanxi 箸
Xiang Changsha 筷子
Xiangtan 筷子
Xiangxiang 筷子
Xiangxiang (Meiqiao) 筷子
Loudi 筷子
Shuangfeng 筷子
Hengyang 筷子
Hengshan 筷子
Hengshan (Baiguo) 筷子
Quanzhou 筷子
Qinglong (Changliu Laba Miao) 筷子
Xiangnan Tuhua Jiangyong 筷子
Yuebei Tuhua Shaoguan (Dacun, Baitu, Qujiang) 筷子
Shaoguan (Xiangyang, Xihe, Wujiang) 筷子
Shaoguan (Shibei, Xinshao, Zhenjiang) 筷子
Renhua (Zhoutian) 筷子
Renhua (Shitang) 筷子
Ruyuan (Songwei, Guitou) 筷子
Lechang (Changlai) 筷子
Lechang (Beixiang) 筷子
Lechang (Huangpu) 筷子
Lechang (Guitang, Pingshi) 筷子
Lechang (Sanxi) 筷子

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • → Esperanto: kvajzo
  • → Tibetan: ཁོ་ཙེ (kho tse)
  • → Uyghur: كويزا (koyza)

Classifier

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筷子

  1. Classifier for an amount of food held with a pair of chopsticks.
    • 2019, 马可·博格斯 [Marco Borges], translated by 黄温馨 and 陈思鹏, 《终生健身：找回灵活使用身体的本能》 [Power Moves: The Four Motions to Transform Your Body for Life], Beijing: 中国友谊出版公司, →ISBN, page 237:
      健康飲食不過是一筷子菜和一筷子肉的區別。 [MSC, trad.]
      健康饮食不过是一筷子菜和一筷子肉的区别。 [MSC, simp.]
      Jiànkāng yǐnshí bùguò shì yī kuàizi cài hé yī kuàizi ròu de qūbié. [Pinyin]
      A healthy diet is just the difference between a chopstickful of vegetables and a chopstickful of meat.

Synonyms

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Dialectal synonyms of 筷子 (“chopstickful”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 筷子
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 箸子
Cantonese Guangzhou 箸
Hong Kong 箸
Taishan 箸
Hakka Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) 箸
Wu Shanghai 筷
Shanghai (Chongming) 筷
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