炊具 (chuī jù) — cooking utensils, cookware

Definition

noun

cooking utensilscookware

Measure word · 套

炊具，。
Zhè tào chuī jù zhì liàng hěn hǎo, yòng le hǎo jǐ nián le.
This set of cookware is of good quality and has been used for several years.
炊具。
Chāo shì de chuī jù qū yǒu hěn duō xīn chǎn pǐn.
The cookware section in the supermarket has many new products.
炊具。
Mǎi chuī jù de shí hou yào xuǎn bù zhān guō.
When buying cooking utensils, you should choose non-stick pans.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

炊chuīcooking

The 炊具 is a 具, tool, used for 炊, cooking.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

吹

Same sound today

炊 puts 火 (fire) next to 吹, which supplies the sound; the fire part points to cooking.

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

具 pairs 廾 (two hands) with 鼎 (a cauldron), showing hands working with a cauldron to prepare food.