How to say “kitchen” in Chinese

厨房
chúfáng

kitchen

noun · HSK 4 · topic “Food and Cooking”

“Kitchen” in Chinese is 厨房, chú fáng: the meaning, a recording of how it sounds, the characters stroke by stroke and examples.

How to pronounce it

厨房 is read chú fáng: 2 syllables. The tone is part of the word: with another melody you get another word, or just a jumble of sounds.

chú — 2nd tonerising, like a surprised “huh?”
fáng — 2nd tonerising, like a surprised “huh?”

How to write it

厨
chú — kitchen
房
fáng — house, room

On top, 户 “door”.

Strokes go in order: top to bottom and left to right, horizontal before vertical. Tap a character to open its page, with the strokes shown large and the words it appears in. To train your hand, print a handwriting sheet for “厨房”.

Examples

Sentences from the course lessons with 厨房. Tap the sound icon to listen.

  • 妈妈在厨房做饭。māmazàichúfángzuòfànMom is cooking in the kitchen.
  • 厨房的管道堵了chúfángdeguǎndàodǔleThe kitchen pipe is clogged.
  • 妈妈从厨房端出一盘饺子。māmacóngchúfángduānchūyìpánjiǎoziMom brought a plate of dumplings out of the kitchen.
  • 厨房里冒烟了!chúfánglimàoyānleThere's smoke in the kitchen!
  • 妈妈在厨房炸鱼。māmazàichúfángzháyúMom is frying fish in the kitchen.

More words from the lesson “In the Kitchen”

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Frequently asked questions

How do you say “kitchen” in Chinese?

“Kitchen” in Chinese is 厨房, pinyin chúfáng.

What does 厨房 mean?

厨房 (chúfáng) means “kitchen”.

How do you write 厨房?

厨房 is 2 characters: 厨 (chú) — kitchen; 房 (fáng) — house, room. The stroke order of each one is shown step by step on this page.

How do you pronounce 厨房?

厨房 is read chúfáng. Tones: chú — second tone, fáng — second tone. The page has a native speaker recording.

“kitchen” in the lesson “In the Kitchen”

This word is from the topic “Food and Cooking” of HSK 4. In the lesson you hear it in a dialogue, build a sentence with it and say it out loud. Start for free, no sign-up needed.

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