Skip to content
ShadowLearn by engaging
Mandarin ShadowLanguages on ShadowMore from MandarinPodcast

HSK 2 Chinese Culture Lesson

Chopsticks

筷子

Kuàizi

7:05 min video · 16 sentences · 6 key words

Transcript with pinyin and English

Click a line to hear it, or loop it to shadow it.
  1. 0:04
  2. 0:13
  3. 0:26
  4. 0:44
  5. 1:28
  6. 1:41
  7. 1:51
  8. 2:02
  9. 2:25
  10. 2:40
  11. 2:53
  12. 3:07
  13. 3:32
  14. 3:46
  15. 3:58
  16. 4:11

About this lesson

This lesson teaches what chopsticks are, how long China has used them, how to use them well, and the manners that go with them.

How to practise

  1. Read what you will learn on the first card, then follow the lesson section by section with pinyin and English.
  2. Repeat every sentence out loud in the 跟读 · Your turn pause: you learn the facts and the words together.
  3. At the end, check the recap and answer the question in the YouTube comments.

筷子 Kuàizi

Chopsticks

In this lesson

  • How old chopsticks are
  • The main table manners

Key takeaways

  • Chopsticks have three thousand years of history.
  • They were once called zhu.
  • Never stand chopsticks upright in rice.

Your turn: What do you use to eat in your culture, and are there table manners to follow?

Key words 生词

ChinesePinyinEnglishLevel
筷子kuàizichopsticksHSK 2
箸zhùold word for chopsticks
饺子jiǎozidumplingHSK 2
习惯xíguànhabitHSK 2
历史lìshǐhistoryHSK 4
棍子gùnzistickHSK 7-9

New HSK 2 lessons every week

Stories, listening quizzes and conversations at your level.

Subscribe on YouTube

More HSK 2 lessons

All HSK 2 lessons →