厨房
HSK 4 (exam 2025)Old HSK 4
厨房 (chúfáng) · kitchen
厨房 (chúfáng) means “kitchen”. It is written with 2 characters: 厨 (kitchen) + 房 (building). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 厨房 is built
The characters
厨 chú · kitchen
What 厨 is made of
- 厂chǎng — cliff
- 豆dòu — beans
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 丷ha — kwukyel
- 丶 — dot
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 寸cùn — inch
房 fáng · building
What 房 is made of
- 户hù — door
- 丶 — dot
- 尸shī — body
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 方fāng — square
- 亠tóu — lid
- 丶 — dot
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 亠tóu — lid
Origin hint: 户 gives the meaning, 方 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
妈妈在厨房做饭。Māma zài chúfáng zuòfàn.Mom is cooking in the kitchen.
你家的厨房大吗？Nǐ jiā de chúfáng dà ma?Is your kitchen big?
Questions about 厨房
What does 厨房 mean?
厨房 (chúfáng) means “kitchen”.
How do you pronounce 厨房?
厨房 is pronounced chúfáng.
Which HSK level is 厨房?
厨房 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and Old HSK 4.
Related words
- 厨师chúshīcook
- 房间fángjiānroom
- 房子fángzihouse
- 住房zhùfánghousing
- 房东fángdōnglandlord
- 房屋fángwūhouse
- 房租fángzūrent
- 健身房jiànshēnfánggym
Learn 厨房 with its group
It is part of Old HSK 4 · Group 6: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.