炊事员

炊事員
chuīshìyuán
noun #75,109

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 cook
  2. 2 kitchen worker
  3. 3 mess hall cook

Examples

HSK 5
Xuéxiào shítáng de chuīshìyuán hěn xīnkǔ.
The kitchen workers at the school cafeteria work hard.
HSK 7-9
Bùduì de chuīshìyuán měitiān língchén sìdiǎn jiù qǐchuáng.
The army cooks get up at four in the morning every day.

Tips

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炊事员 is the institutional term, used in the military, schools, work-unit canteens. A restaurant chef is 厨师. literally means to cook by fire/steam, an old character that survives mostly in this compound.

Stroke Order

chuī
shì
yuán