"Americans use a fork and spoon."

Translation: 美国人用叉和勺子。

[RebeccaJ_9]

why isn't it 叉子和勺子 or 叉和勺?

[RobinThor]

The sound for 人用 is missing and they should not be in one tile in the first place.

[emperorchiao]

Much as there are differences between British and American English, in Taiwan 勺子 refers to a ladle or cooking spoon, while we eat with 湯匙 "soup spoons".

[Shanghaimaiden]

And we eat with a 调羹 never with a 勺子。 I am so confused as to how I should ask for a spoon now. Haha. Think I'll just stick to 调羹(tiáo gēng) because I hear it here more often. (Shanghai)

[Charlie298884]

When is 子 required? Sometimes it's needed, and sometimes not, and I don't remember any explanation about when.