Fork in Chinese (Mandarin): 叉子 (chāzi)

Use it in a sentence

The characters in 叉子

• 叉

  Fork; also to spear with a fork.

  3 strokes

• 子

  A small ending found in many nouns, said short and light.

  3 strokes

Chinese meals use chopsticks, and forks are used for Western food. A knife and fork is 刀叉 (dāochā).

More examples with 叉子

• 我用叉子吃面条。

  我用叉子吃麵條。

  Wǒ yòng chāzi chī miàntiáo.

  I eat noodles with a fork.

• 叉子在盘子旁边。

  叉子在盤子旁邊。

  Chāzi zài pánzi pángbiān.

  The fork is next to the plate.

How to write 叉子 in Chinese

Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.