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 / hei² faai^3-2

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hei² faai³ / hei² faai^3-2
    • Yale: héi faai / héi fáai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hei² faai³ / hei² faai^3-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: héi² fai³ / héi² fai^3-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯³⁵ faːi̯³³/, /hei̯³⁵ faːi̯³³⁻³⁵/

Verb

起筷

1. (Cantonese, polite) to start eating

Synonyms

• 出箸 (Hokkien)
• 動筷／动筷 (dòngkuài)
• 開始用餐／开始用餐 (kāishǐ yòngcān)
• 開飯／开饭 (kāifàn)
• 開餐／开餐 (hoi¹ caan¹) (Cantonese)