Used in a Sentence

chopstick

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for chopstick.

Editorial note

You can fix the superheating problem by putting a toothpick or unpolished chopstick into the smooth container.

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Quick take

(ambitransitive, informal) To pick up (food), or eat, using chopsticks, or as with chopsticks.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of chopstick gathered in one view.

verb

(ambitransitive, informal) To pick up (food), or eat, using chopsticks, or as with chopsticks.

noun

(ethnic slur) An Asian person.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for chopstick.

verb

(ambitransitive, informal) To pick up (food), or eat, using chopsticks, or as with chopsticks.

noun

(ethnic slur) An Asian person.

Example sentences

1

You can fix the superheating problem by putting a toothpick or unpolished chopstick into the smooth container.

2

There's no shortage of cultural business guides that talk about chopstick usage and how to bow.

3

Also wondering how many of these apply in a Chinese setting or any other chopstick culture.

4

The waiter (who had a bit of a sense of humor) brought me exactly ONE chopstick.

5

It turns out they are also highly unconventional and probably didn’t care about my chopstick use one way or the other.

6

I laughed and repeated 請給我另一個筷子 ( Please give me another chopstick ) and he brought out another one.

7

Neither have both stages of Starship ever been landed on those chopstick things.

8

Using it to study a protein would be like a blind man determining the structure of a truckload of candy floss using a chopstick.

9

And then I became an adult and visited China and met actual Chinese immigrants and married a native chopstick holder.

10

You do NOT want to use the opposite side of the chopstick.

11

If there's no chopstick rest I'm not sure where else you're supposed to put your chopsticks.

12

Several of the things listed are perfectly acceptable in other chopstick-using cultures.

Quote examples

1

There are three common measure words meaning "pair" [...] > If you actually wanted one chopstick, you'd say 一只筷子.

2

The laundry bot would probably be a box with some some 6DOF chopstick like positioners doing “cloth origami” to fold clothes.

3

For anyone else curious after reading "-bashi" 40 times: (Not gonna direct quote because the damn site doesn't allow copy-pasting so they don't get a link, paraphrased): Kirai-bashi would be literally translated to "dislike-chopsticks" and means bad chopstick table-manners.

Proper noun examples

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Chopsticks should be placed on the hashioki (chopstick rest).

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use chopstick in a sentence?

You can fix the superheating problem by putting a toothpick or unpolished chopstick into the smooth container.

What does chopstick mean?

(ambitransitive, informal) To pick up (food), or eat, using chopsticks, or as with chopsticks.

What part of speech is chopstick?

chopstick is commonly used as verb, noun.