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下厨 (xià chú) — to cook (a meal, by oneself), to go into the kitchen and prepare food

Definition

下厨 (xià chú) means to cook a meal oneself — the focus is on personally entering the kitchen and preparing food, not just eating out. Collocates with 亲自, 很少, or 一次 (as in 下了一次厨).

verb
to cook (a meal, by oneself), to go into the kitchen and prepare food

Examples

  • ，下厨。
    Jīn tiān zhōu mò, wǒ dǎ suàn qīn zì xià chú.
    It's the weekend, and I plan to cook personally.
  • 下厨，。
    Tā píng shí hěn shǎo xià chú, dàn zuò de cài hěn hǎo chī.
    He rarely cooks, but the dishes he makes are delicious.
  • ，。
    Wǒ zuó wǎn xià le yí cì chú, zuò le sān cài yì tāng.
    I cooked last night and made three dishes and a soup.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

下xiàgo to
厨chúkitchen

下 (go to) + 厨 (kitchen) means going into the kitchen to cook.

Characters in this word

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

下 is drawn as a short horizontal line below a long curved line.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 廚; 厨 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
广广guǎng
Sound part声符shēngfú
尌
尌shù廚chú
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The form explained here is 廚, not 厨: the 广 part is about the meaning, and the 尌 part gives the sound.

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Appears in
Cooking

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