HSK 5 · Food

叉子 chāzi “fork” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 叉子 means

  1. fork

Measure word 把 bǎ · 一把叉子 yì bǎ chāzi

How to say 叉子

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale叉chā1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the neutral tone: short and light, with no contour of its own子zineutral tone, light and short

Grey pinyin is a neutral tone: say it short and light. More on the neutral tone

叉子 in a sentence

  1. 叉子不见了。

    Chāzi bú jiàn le.

    The fork’s gone missing.

    Sentence #924073 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 叉子从桌上掉了下来。

    Chāzi cóng zhuō shàng diào le xiàlai.

    A fork fell off the table.

    Sentence #4764553 from Tatoeba

  3. 叉子放在盘子的左边，刀子放在右边。

    Chāzi fàng zài pánzi de zuǒbian, dāozi fàng zài yòubian.

    The fork goes on the left of the plate and the knife on the right.

    Sentence #13539392 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 叉子 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 叉 (chā) with each of its parts in a different colour
叉chāfork
  • 又again · yòu
  • 丶dot · zhǔ
The character 子 (zi) with each of its parts in a different colour
子zinoun suffix, as in 椅子 “chair”
  • 了clear · le
  • 一one · yī

Memory aidA baby with its arms out and its legs wrapped up.

How to write 叉子

叉 3 strokes · 子 3 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

叉子 (chāzi) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 叉子 (chāzi). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 叉子

Words with 叉

交叉jiāochā · to cross

Words with 子

儿子érzi · son椅子yǐzi · chair桌子zhuōzi · table杯子bēizi · cup妻子qīzi · wife孩子háizi · child本子běnzi · book子zi · (common noun suffix)裤子kùzi · pants帽子màozi · hat

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冰激凌bīngjīlíng · ice cream炒chǎo · to sauté醋cù · vinegar点心diǎnxin · light refreshments豆腐dòufu · tofu油腻yóunì · greasy粥zhōu · porridge滋味zīwèi · taste

FAQs

叉子 (chāzi) means “fork”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it chāzi: chā with a 1st tone, then zi with a neutral tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 叉子 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 把 (bǎ). For example, one fork is 一把叉子 (yì bǎ chāzi).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type chazi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 叉子 from the suggestions. Typing chazi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
叉子 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.