cyu4 si1廚師厨师
Jyutpingcyu4 si1
Yalechyùh sī
Definition
Cook; chef; a person whose profession is preparing food.
neutralworkfood
How it's used
While 廚師 is the standard term for a professional chef, people often use 廚房佬 to refer to cooks in a more casual or sometimes slightly derogatory way. In a professional kitchen setting, you might also hear the term 大廚 to specifically refer to the head chef or executive chef.
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The chef at this restaurant cooks incredibly well.
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
