Definition

1. Noun:
   • Chopstick: A slender, typically rounded and smooth stick, used in pairs as a traditional utensil for eating, especially in East and Southeast Asian cultures, to pick up food.
   • Spoke: (colloquial) A rod connecting the center (hub) of a wheel to its rim, such as on a bicycle.

Usage Examples

• Noun (Chopstick):
  • Mỗi người cần một đôi đũa để ăn. (Each person needs a pair of chopsticks to eat.)
  • Cô ấy gắp miếng đậu phụ bằng đũa rất khéo. (She picks up the tofu piece very skillfully with chopsticks.)
• Noun (Spoke):
  • Một cái đũa xe đạp của tôi bị gãy. (One of my bicycle spokes is broken.)

Advanced Usage

• "đũa khuấy": Stirring stick or rod.

  • Anh ta dùng đũa khuấy để trộn cà phê. (He used a stirring stick to mix the coffee.)

• "đũa cả": A term for the larger, primary pair of chopsticks used for cooking or serving, as opposed to individual eating chopsticks.

Variants and Related Words

• Đôi đũa (n): A pair of chopsticks.

  • Đôi đũa này được làm từ tre. (This pair of chopsticks is made from bamboo.)

• Đũa bếp (n): Cooking chopsticks; longer, often connected at the top, used for frying and handling food during cooking.

  • Cô ấy dùng đũa bếp để đảo mì xào. (She uses cooking chopsticks to stir-fry the noodles.)

Synonyms

• Chopstick: The primary and most common translation.
• Spoke: For the wheel component.
• Rod or Stick: In a general sense for long, thin cylindrical objects.

Related Idioms

• Vơ đũa cả nắm: To tar everyone with the same brush; to make a sweeping generalization, assuming all members of a group are the same based on the actions of a few.

  • Đừng vơ đũa cả nắm, không phải sinh viên nào cũng lười học. (Don't tar everyone with the same brush; not every student is lazy.)

• Ăn đũa: (Regional/Colloquial) To eat a lot or quickly.

  • Nó ăn đũa lắm, một mình hết nửa nồi cơm. (He eats voraciously; he finished half a pot of rice by himself.)

noun

1. chopstick