起筷
Chinese
| to rise; to raise; to get up | chopstick | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (起筷) | 起 | 筷 | |
| simp. #(起筷) | 起 | 筷 | |
| Literally: “to raise chopsticks”. | |||
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: hei2 faai3 / hei2 faai3-2
- Yale: héi faai / héi fáai
- Cantonese Pinyin: hei2 faai3 / hei2 faai3-2
- Guangdong Romanization: héi2 fai3 / héi2 fai3-2
- Sinological IPA (key): /hei̯³⁵ faːi̯³³/, /hei̯³⁵ faːi̯³³⁻³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Verb
起筷
- (Cantonese, polite) to start eating
- 2018 March 16, “身體力行傳播愛與正能量 陳李妮冀以真誠換取港青真心”, in 文匯報 [Wen Wei Po], page A29:
- 有些學生連對住著名的文昌雞都唔起筷，見到蝦怕剝殼寧願不食，豈不是浪費你的一片苦心兼浪費食物？ [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
- jau5 se1 hok6 saang1 lin4 deoi3 zyu6 zyu3 ming4 dik1 man4 coeng1 gai1 dou1 m4 hei2 faai3, gin3 dou2 haa1 paa3 mok1 hok3 ning4 jyun6-2 bat1 sik6, hei2 bat1 si6 long6 fai3 nei5 dik1 jat1 pin3 fu2 sam1 gim1 long6 fai3 sik6 mat6? [Jyutping]
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
有些学生连对住著名的文昌鸡都唔起筷，见到虾怕剥壳宁愿不食，岂不是浪费你的一片苦心兼浪费食物？ [Literary Cantonese, simp.]
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 動筷 (“to move one's chopsticks; to start eating one's meal”) [map]