ceoi1 geoi6炊具
Jyutpingceoi1 geoi6
Yalechēui geuih
Definition
Cooking utensil; cookware.
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How it's used
While 炊具 is a standard term for cooking utensils, it sounds slightly more formal or technical than the everyday term 廚具. You will often see 炊具 used in product catalogs or formal descriptions of kitchen equipment, whereas 廚具 is the go-to word for casual conversation about items in the kitchen.
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Common phrases
a set of cooking utensils
to clean cooking utensils
Common mistake
Learners often confuse this with 廚具. While they are interchangeable in many contexts, 廚具 is much more common in daily speech, while 炊具 specifically emphasizes the act of cooking with heat.
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Grammar guides
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