Chinese word

后厨

Pronunciation

Pinyinhòu chú

Meaning

  • nounrestaurant kitchen

Example

员工不要随便进后厨。yuán gōng bú yào suí biàn jìn hòu chú

Employees must not enter the restaurant kitchen without permission.

Illustration for 后厨 (restaurant kitchen)

More examples

晚饭高峰时，后厨里人手紧张。wǎn fàn gāo fēng shí hòu chú lǐ rén shǒu jǐn zhāng

During the dinner rush, the restaurant kitchen is short-staffed.

Core concept

A restaurant's hidden production side, where cooking work happens before food reaches the dining room.

Common phrases

  • 后厨忙碌hòu chú máng lù

    busy restaurant kitchen

  • 在后厨做饭zài hòu chú zuò fàn

    cook in the restaurant kitchen

Similar words

厨房chú fáng: A kitchen or cooking space in a home, restaurant, or other place where food is prepared.
餐厅cān tīng: The customer area or dining room in a restaurant where meals are served.

Definition in Chinese

餐馆或食品作业场所中，供厨师烹饪和备餐的后方工作区域，顾客一般不能进入。cān guǎn huò shí pǐn zuò yè cháng suǒ zhōng gōng chú shī pēng rèn hé bèi cān de hòu fāng gōng zuò qū yù gù kè yì bān bù néng jìn rù

Word origin

The compound 后厨 (hòuchú, "back kitchen") joins 后 (hòu, "rear") and 厨 (chú, "kitchen"), so its structure places the cooking work behind the customer area.

Usage tips

  • The word carries a commercial setting, so it sounds natural in conversations about restaurants and food businesses but not as a usual label for a private household space.

Other meanings

  • kitchen staffnoun

Opposites

  • 外场wài chángfront of housenoun

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