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(chú fáng) - kitchen in Mandarin

chúfáng

Traditional: 廚房

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Translation

kitchen

Word origin

A compound of 厨 (chú, kitchen, cook) and 房 (fáng, room), naming the room in which cooking is done.

Origin
compound
Root
厨 (chú, cook, kitchen) + 房 (fáng, room)

Stroke order

Stroke order for 厨

Stroke order for 房

Examples

Mum is cooking in the kitchen.

The kitchen in this flat is very large.

piāo

A lovely smell drifted out of the kitchen.

xiū

We have just redecorated the kitchen.

wǎn

Please take the bowls to the kitchen.

厨房 (chúfáng) means kitchen, the room used for cooking. It is the standard word in both homes and restaurants.

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This word is part of lesson 33.