text: In ancient written Chinese , the character for chopsticks was ç ( Middle Chinese : dÌ jwo - ; ) .
simplified: In Chinese , the old word for `` chopsticks '' , and also in some varieties of modern Chinese such as Hokkien , was zhÃ ( MC : dÌ jwo - ) ( ç Pinyin : zhÃ , Minnan : tÄ `` ) .