Chinese symbol for “kitchen”
厨房
chú fáng
Traditional: 廚房
kitchen; 间 (jiān)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for kitchen is 厨房 (chú fáng), defined as: kitchen; 间 (jiān).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “kitchen”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 厨 (廚) | chú | kitchen |
| 庖 | páo | kitchen |
| 庖厨 (庖廚) | páo chú | kitchen; cook |
| 灶 | zào | kitchen stove; kitchen; mess; canteen |
| 灶火 | zào huo | stove; kitchen |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 厨房.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 厨师 (廚師) | chú shī | cook; chef |
| 厨艺 (廚藝) | chú yì | cooking skills; culinary talent |
| 厨子 (廚子) | chú zi | cook |
| 大厨 (大廚) | dà chú | chef |
| 主厨 (主廚) | zhǔ chú | chef; to be the chef |
| 房子 | fáng zi | house; building (single- or two-story) |
| 房间 (房間) | fáng jiān | room; 间 (jiān) |
| 房屋 | fáng wū | house; building |
See also: Japanese symbol for “kitchen”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.