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灶间

灶間
zàojiān
noun #61,797

Meanings

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

Examples

外婆在灶间忙着烧菜。
Wàipó zài zàojiān máng zhe shāo cài.
Grandma is busy cooking in the kitchen.
上海老房子里灶间通常很小。
Shànghǎi lǎo fángzi lǐ zàojiān tōngcháng hěn xiǎo.
In old Shanghai houses the kitchen is usually very small.

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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