起筷

起筷

Chinese

		to rise; to raise; to get up	chopstick
trad. (起筷)		起	筷
simp. #(起筷)		起	筷

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hei² faai³

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hei² faai³
    • Yale: héi faai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hei² faai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: héi² fai³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯³⁵ faːi̯³³/

Verb

起筷

1. (Cantonese, polite) to start eating

Synonyms

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開始用餐／开始用餐 (kāishǐ yòngcān) 動筷／动筷 (dòngkuài)

開飯／开饭 (kāifàn) 開餐／开餐 (Cantonese)