灶间

灶間

zàojiān

noun #61,797

Meanings

1 kitchen
2 kitchen room (esp. in southern Chinese homes)

Characters

stove / cooking range

Examples

HSK 3

上海老房子里灶间通常很小。

Shànghǎi lǎofángzi lǐ zàojiān tōngcháng hěnxiǎo.

In old Shanghai houses the kitchen is usually very small.

HSK 7-9

外婆在灶间忙着烧菜。

Wàipó zài zàojiān máng zhe shāo cài.

Grandma is busy cooking in the kitchen.

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A regional/dialectal word used mainly in Wu-speaking areas (Shanghai, Suzhou, Ningbo). The standard Mandarin term is 厨房 (chúfáng).

Stroke Order

灶 zào

间 jiān