Why are chopsticks called chopsticks instead of chopsticks? How did the word chopsticks come from?

Chopsticks are called chopsticks, not chopsticks, for foreigners to better understand the meaning of chopsticks.

The word chopsticks is a dietary tool used by people in China. The source language is Chinese. If English is chopsticks, foreigners won't understand it.

Chopsticks refer to sticks cut into pieces, chop refers to cutting, and stick refers to sticking and sticking. Because chopsticks are two wooden sticks, which are plural, you should add an S after the wooden sticks.

Example:

Do you know how to use chopsticks?

Can you use chopsticks?

Let's talk. Dinner is ready! Your knife and fork. I can use chopsticks.

Let's talk. Dinner is ready! Your knife and fork. I can use chopsticks.

3. Can you use chopsticks? I can use a fork and a knife.

Can you use chopsticks? No, I can use a knife and fork.

Extended data:

Chopsticks are commonly used food tools in China. They are usually made of bamboo, wood, bone, porcelain, ivory, metal, plastic and other materials. It is one of the common tableware in the world, and it is also one of the symbols of China's food culture. It was invented in China and later spread to Korean, Japanese, Vietnamese and other Chinese cultural circles.

Tableware has been used in China for a long time. The history of using spoons is about 8000 years, and that of using forks is about 4000 years. The upper limit of using chopsticks is uncertain, but it has a history of at least 3000 years. Forks were still used until the Warring States Period. A bundle of 5 1 forks was unearthed from the Warring States tombs in Luoyang, Henan Province.

After the Warring States period, the fork may be destroyed, and records and objects rarely appear. The division of labor between spoons and chopsticks in the pre-Qin period was very clear. Spoons are used to eat, and chopsticks are used to eat dishes in soup.

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