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

Bùduì de chuīshìyuán měi tiān língchén sì diǎn jiù qǐchuáng.
The army cooks get up at four in the morning every day.
Xuéxiào shítáng de chuīshìyuán hěn xīnkǔ.
The kitchen workers at the school cafeteria work hard.

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 chúshī. chuī literally means to cook by fire/steam, an old character that survives mostly in this compound.

Stroke Order

chuī
shì
yuán