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叉子

chā zi

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Measure word 把

叉子 (chā zi) means "fork". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 叉子 means

1. fork

The characters in 叉子

• 叉chāfork; pitchfork; prong
• 子zinoun suffix, as in 椅子

Example sentences

• 少一把叉子。
  There is a fork missing.
• 叉子不见了。
  The fork is missing.
• 叉子是脏的。
  The fork is dirty.
• 这把叉子是脏的。
  Zhè bǎ chāzi shì zāng de.
  This fork is dirty.
• 我想要一把叉子。
  I'd like a fork.
• 汤姆忘了洗叉子。
  Tom forgot to wash the forks.

Where 叉子 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Containers & Everyday Objects (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read chā zi correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.