下厨

下廚

xiàchú

verb #17,338

Meanings

1 to go to the kitchen (to prepare a meal)
2 to cook

Characters

to go down; to enter

Examples

HSK 1

今天我来下厨，你休息一下。

Jīntiān wǒ lái xiàchú, nǐ xiūxi yíxià.

I'll cook today, you take a rest.

HSK 3

他很少下厨，都是叫外卖。

Tā hěn shǎo xiàchú, dōu shì jiào wàimài.

He rarely cooks, he always orders delivery.

Tips

usage

下厨 literally means 'to go down to the kitchen' and implies personally cooking a meal. It often carries a sense that cooking is a special or notable effort, as in 亲自下厨 (to personally cook).

Stroke Order

下 xià

厨 chú