名厨 (míng chú) — famous chef | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

famous chef

Measure word · 位

名厨。
Zhè jiā cān tīng qǐng le yí wèi míng chú lái shè jì cài dān.
This restaurant hired a famous chef to design the menu.
名厨。
Zhè wèi míng chú zuò de cài zài diàn shì shàng bō chū hòu fēi cháng shòu huān yíng.
The dishes made by this famous chef were very popular after being broadcast on TV.
名厨。
Nà wèi míng chú yǐ jīng huò dé le duō xiàng guó jì dà jiǎng.
That famous chef has already won several international awards.

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.

"名" contributes the sense of famous, and "厨" names a cook or chef, so together they mean a celebrated chef.

Characters in this word

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

夕口名

名 puts 夕 (crescent moon) above 口 (mouth), showing a name spoken in the dark.

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.

广尌廚

Meaning part形符xíngfú

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.