“Chopsticks” in Japanese, Chinese and 18 more languages
In Japanese, “chopsticks” is 箸 (hashi). In Chinese it is 筷子 (kuài zi).
Japanese
箸
はし · hashi
私は箸で麺を食べます。
I eat noodles with chopsticks.
Chinese (Simplified)
筷子
kuài zi
我用筷子吃面条。
I eat noodles with chopsticks.
Chinese counts it with the measure word 双: 一双筷子 means “one chopsticks”.
“Chopsticks” in 20 languages
The word and an example sentence in each language. The speaker buttons read them aloud with your browser’s voice.
| Language | Word | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | 箸 はし · hashi | 私は箸で麺を食べます。 |
| English | chopsticks /ˈtʃɑːpstɪks/ | I eat noodles with chopsticks. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 筷子 kuài zi | 我用筷子吃面条。 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 筷子 kuài zi | 我用筷子吃麵。 |
| Korean | 젓가락 | 저는 젓가락으로 국수를 먹어요. |
| Spanish | palillos | Como fideos con palillos. |
| French | baguettes | Je mange des nouilles avec des baguettes. |
| German | Essstäbchen | Ich esse Nudeln mit Essstäbchen. |
| Italian | bacchette | Mangio i noodles con le bacchette. |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | hashi | Eu como macarrão com hashi. |
| Russian | палочки для еды | Я ем лапшу палочками. |
| Arabic | عيدان تناول الطعام | آكل النودلز بعيدان تناول الطعام. |
| Hindi | चॉपस्टिक्स | मैं चॉपस्टिक्स से नूडल्स खाता हूँ। |
| Indonesian | sumpit | Saya makan mi dengan sumpit. |
| Vietnamese | đũa | Tôi ăn mì bằng đũa. |
| Thai | ตะเกียบ | ฉันกินบะหมี่ด้วยตะเกียบ |
| Turkish | yemek çubukları | Erişteyi yemek çubuklarıyla yerim. |
| Dutch | eetstokjes | Ik eet noedels met eetstokjes. |
| Swedish | ätpinnar | Jag äter nudlar med ätpinnar. |
| Polish | pałeczki | Jem makaron pałeczkami. |
