公勺

gōngsháo
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 serving spoon
  2. 2 communal serving spoon
  3. 3 centiliter (10 ml, archaic)

Examples

Qǐng dàjiā shǐyòng gōngsháo gōngkuài.
Please everyone use serving spoons and serving chopsticks.
Cāntīng měi zhuō dōu bèi yǒu gōngsháo.
The restaurant provides a serving spoon at every table.

Tips

culture
公勺 (gōngsháo gōngkuài, "communal spoon and chopsticks") became a major hygiene campaign in China around 2020, pushing back on the traditional habit of eating from shared dishes with personal utensils. Now a fixture of restaurant signage.

Stroke Order

gōng
sháo