帮厨 (bāng chú) — to help in the kitchen, to work as a cook's hel…

Definition

A separable verb meaning 'to help in the kitchen / work as a cook's helper' — split as 帮…厨, e.g. 帮过一次厨.

verb

to help in the kitchento work as a cook's helper

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Tā zài fàn diàn bāng guò bàn nián chú.
He helped in a restaurant kitchen for half a year.
帮厨，。
Wǒ xǐ huan zài zhōu mò bāng chú, xué xué zuò cài.
I like to help in the kitchen on weekends, learning to cook.
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Tā bāng le yí cì chú jiù lèi huài le.
He helped in the kitchen once and was exhausted.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

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

帮 means to help and 厨 means the kitchen: helping there.

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 幫; 帮 is its simplified writing.

封帛幫

Meaning part形符xíngfú

帛帛bósilk

Sound part声符shēngfú

封

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

In 帮's traditional form 幫, 帛 (silk) gives the meaning and 封 gives the sound; it originally named the upper part of a shoe.

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.