kitchen (dialectal)
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
kitchen; cooking room (dialectal, chiefly Xiang, Gan, and Southwestern Mandarin)
dialectRefers to the room where cooking is done. Unlike standard Mandarin 厨房, this term carries strong regional flavor and often implies a traditional kitchen with a stove (灶). Common in Hunan, Jiangxi, Hubei, and parts of Sichuan.
Wǒ我
men们
jiā家
de的
zào灶
wū屋
zài在
hòu后
miàn面
，
āi挨
zhe着
cài菜
yuán园
zi子
。
Our kitchen is in the back, next to the vegetable garden.
Nǎi奶
nai奶
zhèng正
zài在
zào灶
wū屋
lǐ里
yòng用
chái柴
huǒ火
zào灶
zhēng蒸
mán馒
tou头
。
Grandma is steaming buns in the kitchen using a wood-burning stove.
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Zhè这
shì是
yī一
jiān间
lǎo老
shì式
zào灶
wū屋
，
qiáng墙
shàng上
hái还
xūn熏
de得
hēi黑
hēi黑
de的
。
This is an old-style kitchen with walls darkened by smoke.