厨房

chúfáng · HSK 5

kitchen

厨房 — kitchen

🍳 厨房 = kitchen (厨 cook) + room (房 fáng)

厨 means cook/chef and 房 means room or building. Together: the cook's room — the kitchen. 房 fáng also shows up in 房间 (room) and 房子 (house), so it's a useful building block for rooms and dwellings.

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