Chinese
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chopstick
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child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; ( noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
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trad. (筷子)
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筷
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子
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simp. #(筷子)
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筷
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子
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alternative forms
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快子
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Etymology
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
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- Gan
- (Nanchang)
- Wiktionary: kuai3 zi
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰuai²¹³⁻²¹ t͡sz̩¹/
- Jin
- (Taiyuan)+
- Wiktionary: kuai3 zeh
- Sinological IPA (old-style): /kʰuai⁴⁵ t͡səʔ⁴/
- Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
- Wugniu: 1khue-tsy; 1khua-tsy
- MiniDict: khue平 tsy; khua平 tsy
- Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): 1khue-tsr; 1khua-tsr
- Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kʰue⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹/, /kʰua⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹/
- Xiang
- (Changsha)
- Wiktionary: kuai4 zr
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰu̯ai̯⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/
- (Hengyang)
- Wiktionary: kuai4* zr
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰu̯ai̯³²⁴⁻³¹ t͡sz̩³/
Noun
筷子
- 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
Dialectal synonyms of 筷子 (“chopsticks”) [map]
Variety
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Location
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Words
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Classical Chinese
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箸, 梜
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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筷子
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Northeastern Mandarin
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Beijing
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筷子
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Taiwan
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筷子
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Chengde
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筷子
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Ulanhot
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筷子
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Tongliao
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筷子
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Chifeng
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筷子
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Hulunbuir (Hailar)
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筷子
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Heihe
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筷子
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Qiqihar
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筷子
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Harbin
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筷子
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Jiamusi
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筷子
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Baicheng
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筷子
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Changchun
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筷子
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Tonghua
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筷子
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Shenyang
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筷子
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Jinzhou
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筷子
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Malaysia
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筷子
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Singapore
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筷子
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Jilu Mandarin
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Tianjin
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筷子
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Tangshan
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筷子
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Cangzhou
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筷子
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Baoding
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筷子
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Shijiazhuang
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箸子
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Lijin
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筷子
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Jinan
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筷子
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Jiaoliao Mandarin
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Dalian
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筷子
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Dandong
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筷子
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Yantai
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筷子
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Yantai (Muping)
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筷子
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Qingdao
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筷子
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Zhucheng
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筷子
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Central Plains Mandarin
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Luoyang
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筷子
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Lingbao
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筷子
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Jining
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筷子
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Wanrong
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筷子
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Linfen
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筷子
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Shangqiu
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筷子
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Yuanyang
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筷子
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Zhengzhou
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筷子, 筷兒
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Xinyang
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筷子
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Ankang
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筷子, 劃食子
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Ankang (Xianhe, Hanbin)
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筷子, 劃食子
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Baihe
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筷子
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Baihe (Maoping)
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筷子, 劃食子
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Xi'an
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筷子
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Dingbian
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筷子
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Baoji
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筷子
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Tianshui
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筷子
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Xining
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筷子, 箸兒
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Xuzhou
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筷子
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Pizhou
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筷子
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Lianyungang (Ganyu)
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筷子
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Donghai
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筷子
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Fuyang
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筷子
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Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)
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筷子
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Lanyin Mandarin
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Yinchuan
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筷子
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Bayanhot
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筷子
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Lanzhou
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筷子
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Dunhuang
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筷子
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Hami
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筷子
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Ürümqi
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筷子
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Southwestern Mandarin
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Chengdu
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筷子, 籇竿
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Chengdu (Xindu)
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筷子, 籇竿
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Chengdu (Pidu)
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籇竿
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Chengdu (Wenjiang)
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籇竿
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Chengdu (Shuangliu)
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籇竿
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Chengdu (Xinjin)
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籇竿
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Jintang
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籇竿
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Pengzhou
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籇竿
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Dujiangyan
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籇竿
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Chongzhou
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籇竿
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Dayi
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籇竿
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Pujiang
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籇竿
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Qionglai
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籇竿
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Nanchong
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筷子
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Nanbu
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筷子, 箸子
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Dazhou
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筷子
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Hanyuan
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筷子
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Xichang
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筷子
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Zigong
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筷子
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Chongqing
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筷子
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Wuhan
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筷子
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Yichang
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筷子
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Xiangyang
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筷子
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Tianmen
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筷子
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Guiyang
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筷子
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Zunyi
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筷子
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Bijie
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筷子
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Liping
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筷子
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Zhaotong
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筷子
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Dali
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筷子
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Kunming
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筷子, 筷兒
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Mengzi
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筷兒
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Guilin
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筷子
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Pingle
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筷子
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Liuzhou
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筷子, 筷條
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Luzhai
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筷子
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Nanning (Fujian)
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筷子
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Nanning (Wuming)
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筷子
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Binyang (Nanjie)
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筷條
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Hechi (Yizhou)
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筷子, 筷條
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Luocheng (Dongmen)
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筷子, 筷條
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Tianlin (Langping)
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筷子
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Jishou
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筷子
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Changde
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筷子
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Yongzhou
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筷子
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Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine)
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筷子
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Shiquan
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筷子, 劃食子
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Ziyang
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筷子, 劃食子
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Hanzhong
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筷子
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Dagudi (Maliba)
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筷子
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Reshuitang (Longling)
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筷子
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Mae Salong (Lancang)
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筷子
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Mae Sai (Tengchong)
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筷子
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Oudomxay
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筷子
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Pematangsiantar
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筷子
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Jianghuai Mandarin
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Nanjing
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筷兒, 筷子
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Yangzhou
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筷子
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Baoying
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筷子
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Taizhou
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筷子
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Zhenjiang
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筷子
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Lianyungang
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筷子
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Huai'an (Huaiyin)
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筷子
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Lianshui
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筷子
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Xuyi
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筷子
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Xinghua
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筷子
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Nantong
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筷兒
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Rugao
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筷兒
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Yancheng
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筷子
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Funing
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筷子
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Sihong
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筷子
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Anqing
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筷子
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Wuhu
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筷子
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Hefei
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筷子
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Huanggang
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筷子
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Hong'an
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筷子
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Mandarin
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Nanping (Yanping)
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筷子
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Wuping (Zhongshan Junjiahua)
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筷子
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Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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筷子
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Hong Kong
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筷子, 筷 in limited contexts
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Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)
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筷子, 箸
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Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)
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箸
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Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
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筷子
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Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
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筷子
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Macau
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筷子
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Guangzhou (Panyu)
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筷子
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Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
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筷子
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Guangzhou (Conghua)
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筷子
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Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
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筷子
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Foshan
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筷子
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Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
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筷子
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Foshan (Shunde)
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筷子
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Foshan (Sanshui)
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筷子
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Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
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筷子
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Zhongshan (Shiqi)
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筷子
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Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
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筷子
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Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
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筷子
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Zhuhai (Doumen)
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筷子
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Jiangmen (Baisha)
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筷子
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Jiangmen (Xinhui)
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筷子
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Taishan
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筷子
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Taishan (Guanghai)
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筷子
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Kaiping (Chikan)
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筷子
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Enping (Niujiang)
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筷子
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Heshan (Yayao)
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筷子
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Dongguan
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筷子
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Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
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箸
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Qingyuan
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筷子
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Fogang
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筷子
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Yingde (Hanguang)
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筷子
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Yangshan
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箸, 筷子
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Lianshan (Butian)
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箸
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Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui)
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筷子
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Shaoguan
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筷子
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Shaoguan (Qujiang)
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筷子
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Renhua
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筷子
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Lechang
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筷子
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Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)
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筷子
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Sihui
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箸
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Guangning
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箸
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Deqing
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筷子
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Huaiji
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箸
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Fengkai (Nanfeng)
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筷子
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Yunfu
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筷子
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Xinxing
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筷子
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Luoding
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筷子
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Yunan (Pingtai)
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筷子
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Yangjiang
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筷子
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Xinyi
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筷, 筷箸
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Maoming (Xinpo)
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筷箸, 筷手
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Lianjiang
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箸, 筷箸
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Wuchuan (Wuyang)
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筷子
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Nanning
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筷子, 筷手
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Wuzhou
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筷子, 筷手
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Yulin
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筷子
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Hepu (Lianzhou)
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筷箸
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Hepu (Shatian)
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筷箸
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Guiping
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筷子
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Mengshan (Xihe)
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筷子
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Guigang (Nanjiang)
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筷子
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Beiliu (Tangliao)
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筷子
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Baise
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筷子
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Bobai
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筷
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Lingshan
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筷箸
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Pubei
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筷箸
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Qinzhou
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筷子
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Qinzhou (Xiniujiao)
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筷子, 筷箸, 筷手
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Beihai
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筷子
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Beihai (Nankang)
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筷子
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Beihai (Yingpan)
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筷箸
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Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)
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筷子
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Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)
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筷子
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Ningming
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筷子
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Hengzhou
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筷箸
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Hezhou (Pumen, Babu)
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筷箸
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Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)
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筷子
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Danzhou
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箸
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Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
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筷子
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Singapore (Guangfu)
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筷子
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Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
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筷子
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Móng Cái
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筷子
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Mandalay (Taishan)
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筷子
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Gan
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Nanchang
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筷子
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Pengze
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筷子
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Lichuan
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箸
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Pingxiang
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筷子
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Liuyang
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筷子
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Hakka
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Meixian
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箸, 筷仔, 筷隻, 箸隻
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Xingning
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筷哩, 筷隻
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Dabu (Xihe)
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筷仔
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Fengshun (Tangkeng)
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箸
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Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)
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筷子, 箸
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Huizhou (Shuikou; Bendihua)
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筷子, 箸
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Huizhou (Hengli; Bendihua)
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筷子
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Huiyang
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筷孖
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Huidong (Pingshan; Bendihua)
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箸
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Dongguan (Qingxi)
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筷箸
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Longmen (Pingling; Bendihua)
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箸
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Longmen (Luxi; Bendihua)
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筷子
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Boluo (Bendihua)
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筷子
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Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
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筷子
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Zhongshan (Wuguishan)
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筷子
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Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
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筷子
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Wuhua (Shuizhai)
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箸, 筷哩, 筷箸
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Wuhua (Huacheng)
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筷哩
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Wuhua (Changbu)
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筷哩
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Wuhua (Mianyang)
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箸
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Heyuan (Bendihua)
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箸, 筷哩
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Zijin (Guzhu; Bendihua)
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筷
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Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua)
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筷哎, 筷條, 箸
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Longchuan (Sidu; Bendihua)
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箸
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Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua)
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箸
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Lianping (Zhongxin; Bendihua)
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筷
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Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua)
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筷
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Wengyuan
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筷子
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Xinfeng (Matou; Bendihua)
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筷
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Xinfeng (Daxi; Bendihua)
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筷
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Liannan
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筷子
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Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
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筷
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Jiexi
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箸
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Luhe
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箸
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Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)
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箸
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Changting
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筷子
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Shanghang
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筷子
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Shanghang (Gutian)
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筷子
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Longyan (Yongding)
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筷子
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Wuping
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筷子
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Wuping (Yanqian)
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筷子
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Liancheng
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箸隻, 筷子
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Ninghua
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箸隻
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Yudu
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筷子
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Ningdu
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筷子
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Ruijin
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筷子
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Shicheng
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箸隻
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Shangyou (Shexi)
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筷子
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Tonggu (Sandu)
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筷子
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Ganzhou (Panlong)
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筷子
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Dayu
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筷子
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Miaoli (N. Sixian)
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筷仔
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Miaoli (Zaoqiao; N. Sixian)
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筷仔
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Miaoli (Touwu; N. Sixian)
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筷仔
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Miaoli (Nanzhuang; N. Sixian)
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筷仔
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Miaoli (Shitan; N. Sixian)
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筷仔
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Miaoli (Sanwan; N. Sixian)
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筷仔
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Miaoli (Toufen; N. Sixian)
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筷仔
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Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian)
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筷仔
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Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian)
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筷仔
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Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
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筷仔
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Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)
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筷仔
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Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)
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筷仔
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Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)
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筷仔
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Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
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箸, 筷仔
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Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
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筷, 箸
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Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
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箸
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Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)
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箸
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Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
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箸
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Nantou (Guoxing; Lufeng)
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箸
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Hong Kong
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筷子, 筷孖
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Yangxi (Tangkou)
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筷子
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Yangchun (Sanjia)
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筷
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Xinyi (Sihe)
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筷
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Xinyi (Qianpai)
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筷
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Gaozhou (Xindong)
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箸
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Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)
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箸
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Huazhou (Xin'an)
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箸
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Lianjiang (Shijiao)
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箸
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Lianjiang (Qingping)
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箸
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Mengshan (Xihe)
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筷
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Luchuan
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筷
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Luchuan (Daqiao)
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筷箸
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Bobai (Shahe)
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筷, 箸
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Beiliu (Tang'an)
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箸
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Mashan (Pianlian)
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筷
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Guidong
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筷子
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Chengdu (Longtan)
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筷子
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Chengdu (Shiling)
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筷子
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Chengdu (Longwang)
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筷子
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Chengdu (Shibantan)
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筷子
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Chengdu (Hexingchang)
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筷子
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Chengdu (Xindu Subdistrict)
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筷子, 籇竿
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Weiyuan (Guanyingtan)
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筷子
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Yilong (Ma'an)
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筷子
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Xichang (Huanglianguan)
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筷子
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Sabah (Bao'an)
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筷子
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Sabah (Longchuan)
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筷哩
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Kuala Lumpur (Dabu)
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筷仔
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Senai (Huiyang)
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筷孖
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Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)
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筷
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Singkawang
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筷
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Huizhou
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Jixi
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筷
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Shexian
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筷
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Huangshan (Tunxi)
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筷兒
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Xiuning
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筷兒
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Yixian
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筷兒
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Qimen
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筷子
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Wuyuan
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筷, 筷子
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Fuliang
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筷子
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Dexing
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筷子
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Chun'an (Qiandaohu)
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筷, 筷子
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Chun'an (Jiangjia)
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筷
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Jiande (Meicheng)
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筷兒
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Jiande (Shouchang)
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箸
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Jin
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Taiyuan
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筷子
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Pingyao
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筷子
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Yangyuan
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筷子
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Datong
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筷子
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Datong (Yunzhou)
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筷子
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Datong (Xicetian, Yunzhou)
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筷子
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Xinzhou
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筷子
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Lüliang (Lishi)
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筷子
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Changzhi
|
筷子
|
Taibus (Baochang)
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筷子
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Linhe
|
筷子
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Jining
|
筷子
|
Hohhot
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筷子
|
Baotou
|
筷子
|
Dongsheng
|
筷子
|
Haibowan
|
筷子
|
Erenhot
|
筷子
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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)
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飯箸
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Songxi
|
箸
|
Zhenghe
|
箸
|
Zhenghe (Zhenqian)
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概手
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Jianyang
|
箸
|
Wuyishan
|
箸
|
Pucheng (Shibei)
|
箸
|
Eastern Min
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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
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Cangnan
|
箸
|
Singapore (Fuqing)
|
箸
|
Southern Min
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Xiamen
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箸, 箸奇, 箸雙, 奇箸
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Xiamen (Tong'an)
|
箸
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Quanzhou
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箸, 箸奇
|
Jinjiang
|
箸, 箸奇
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Nan'an
|
箸
|
Shishi
|
箸
|
Hui'an
|
奇箸
|
Anxi
|
箸
|
Yongchun
|
箸
|
Dehua
|
箸
|
Zhangzhou
|
箸, 箸奇, 奇箸
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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, 箸奇
|
Taitung
|
箸
|
Hsinchu
|
箸, 奇箸
|
Kinmen
|
箸
|
Penghu (Magong)
|
箸
|
Penang (Hokkien)
|
箸
|
Singapore (Hokkien)
|
箸
|
Manila (Hokkien)
|
箸
|
Medan (Hokkien)
|
箸
|
Longyan
|
箸雙, 箸
|
Shizhong
|
箸雙
|
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
|
Nantong (Haimen)
|
筷
|
Jiaxing
|
筷, 筷子
|
Jiashan
|
筷
|
Pinghu
|
筷
|
Haining (Yanguan)
|
筷
|
Tongxiang
|
筷
|
Haiyan
|
筷
|
Changzhou
|
筷
|
Liyang
|
筷子
|
Yixing
|
筷, 筷則
|
Danyang
|
筷
|
Danyang (Tongjiaqiao)
|
筷子
|
Jingjiang
|
筷子
|
Jiangyin
|
筷兒, 筷兒頭, 筷
|
Nanjing (Gaochun)
|
筷則
|
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
- 火筷子 (huǒkuàizi)
- 筷子架 (kuàizijià)
Descendants
Classifier
筷子
- 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
Dialectal synonyms of 筷子 (“chopstickful”) [map]