庖 (páo): kitchen

Meanings

1 kitchen
2 cook

Characters

庖

páo

kitchen; cook

Examples

HSK 6

庖中有肥肉，百姓却在挨饿。

Páo zhōng yǒu féiròu, bǎixìng què zài ái'è.

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

HSK 7-9

他不该越俎代庖，做不属于自己的事。

Tā bùgāi yuèzǔ-dàipáo, zuò bù shǔyú zìjǐ de shì.

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

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

小火煮 xiǎohuǒzhǔ

to simmer / to cook on low heat