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厨师 (chú shī) — chef; cook

Definition

A professional 'chef' or 'cook' — the title for someone whose job is cooking, more formal than just saying 做饭 (the everyday action of cooking). 师傅 is a respectful address for any skilled worker, not a job title.

noun
chefcook
Measure word · 位

Examples

  • 厨师。
    Zhè jiā cān tīng de chú shī zuò cài hěn hǎo chī.
    The chef at this restaurant cooks very delicious food.
  • ，厨师。
    Tā xué le sān nián, zhōng yú chéng le yì míng hǎo chú shī.
    He studied for three years and finally became a good chef.
  • 厨师。
    Wǒ mā ma shì jiā lǐ zuì hǎo de chú shī.
    My mom is the best cook at home.

Origin

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.

厨chúcooking
师shīskilled person

厨 points to cooking, and 师 names a skilled person, so the term points to someone skilled in 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.

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.

Open 厨 →

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 師; 师 is its simplified writing.

  • 𠂤𠂤𠂤
  • 帀帀zā

The traditional form 師 combines 𠂤 and 帀; the simplified 师 is not the form explained here.

Open 师 →
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