庖 (páo): kitchen

Meanings

1 kitchen
2 cook

Characters

庖

páo

kitchen; cook

Examples

他不该越俎代庖，做不属于自己的事。

Tā bùgāi yuèzǔdàipáo, zuò bù shǔyú zìjǐ de shì.

He shouldn't overstep and do work that isn't his to do.

庖中有肥肉，百姓却在挨饿。

Páo zhōng yǒu féiròu, bǎixìng què zài áiè.

The kitchen was full of fine meat, but the common people were starving.

Tips

history

庖 ('kitchen, cook') anchors the idiom 越俎代庖 ('to overstep one's role and do another's job'), literally 'to leave the sacrificial stand and take over the cook's work'.

Components

radical

广 yǎn

shelter; building

广 is the 'shelter/building' radical, a roof leaning over an open side. It marks 庖 as a room in a house — the kitchen.

phonetic

包 bāo

to wrap; bundle

包 ('to wrap') sits under the shelter and supplies the sound, shifting from bāo to páo. You can picture food being wrapped and prepared inside.

Stroke Order

庖 páo

Related Words

越俎代庖 yuèzǔ-dàipáo #34,210

to leave one's sacrificial table and take over the cook's job / to overstep one's role and meddle in another's responsibilities

厨师 chúshī HSK 6 #4,449

chef; cook; professional cook

厨 chú #3,648

kitchen / cook; chef

做饭 zuòfàn HSK 2 #3,811

to cook / to prepare a meal

熬 áo HSK 7-9 #3,160

to endure / to hold out / to cook on a slow fire / to stay up late

煮 zhǔ HSK 6 #2,982

to boil; to cook (in water) / to stew; to simmer

烹饪 pēngrèn #6,900

cooking / culinary arts / to cook

厨房 chúfáng HSK 5 #1,665

kitchen

烧 shāo HSK 4 #1,049

to burn / to cook; to roast; to stew / to have a fever

仿膳 fǎngshàn

Fangshan (Beijing imperial-cuisine restaurant) / (literally) 'imitation imperial kitchen' dishes