Definition of chopstick Chopstick
/ʧɑˈpstɪˌk/ - [chapstik] - chop•stick
We found 7 definitions of chopstick from 6 different sources.
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What does chopstick mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: chopsticks |
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| chopstick - one of a pair of slender sticks used as oriental tableware to eat food with |
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Wiktionary 
- chopstick (Noun)
A single particular East Asian eating utensil, used in pairs and held in the hand, the utensil is a stick, usually made of wood, of approximately 23cm ~10" in length. - chopstick (Noun)
An Asian person.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- chopstick (n.)
One of two small sticks of wood, ivory, etc., used by the Chinese and Japanese to convey food to the mouth.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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chopstick
A utensil in the form of a narrow stick used in pairs in China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam to eat food.
Wikipedia 
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Chopsticks are sticks that are used in some Asian countries to carry food from the plate or bowl to the eater's mouth. They are made of wood, gold, silver, ivory, bamboo, or plastic. Gold and silver chopsticks are very heavy and cost a lot of money.
Many people believe chopsticks were invented in ancient China, but people do not know when they were. Today in China and neighboring countries people use chopsticks. They are also used in Korea, Japan, Mongolia,Thailand, Vietnam, and Singapore. In many other countries chopsticks are often found in restaurants of those countries' cuisines.
Where the word for Chopstick is from.
The English word "chopstick" seems to have be from Chinese Pidgin English, a pidgin where "chop chop" meant quickly.
The Mandarin Chinese word for chopsticks is "kuàizi" (筷). It is a word made of different parts; it has the phonetic part of "快", which means "quick", and a semantic part, 竹, meaning bamboo. In Chinese, the old word for "chopsticks", and also in some varieties of modern Chinese such as Hokkien, was "zhù" (MC:) (箸 Pinyin:"zhù", Minnan: "tī"). However, "zhù" became a taboo on ships because it sounded the same as another word meaning "to stop" (住). Consequently, it was replaced by a word of opposite meaning, "kuài" (fast, quick). This gradually spread until it became the word for "chopsticks" in most varieties of modern Chinese. The character for this new meaning of "chopsticks" (筷) for "kuài" has the semantic element of bamboo added to the charact
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🔤- chopstick, noun, singular of chopsticks.
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