Chinese word

抽油烟机

Pronunciation

Pinyinchōu yóu yān jī

Meaning

  • nounrange hood

Example

我们的抽油烟机坏了，要修理。wǒ men de chōu yóu yān jī huài le yào xiū lǐ

Our range hood is broken and needs repair.

Illustration for 抽油烟机 (range hood)

More examples

买了新房后，我们打算换个抽油烟机。mǎi le xīn fáng hòu wǒ men dǎ suàn huàn gè chōu yóu yān jī

After buying a new house, we plan to replace the range hood.

Core concept

A kitchen appliance above the stove that draws greasy cooking fumes away before they spread through the room.

Common phrases

  • 买一台抽油烟机mǎi yì tái chōu yóu yān jī

    buy a range hood

  • 更换抽油烟机gēng huàn chōu yóu yān jī

    replace a range hood

  • 检查抽油烟机jiǎn chá chōu yóu yān jī

    check a range hood

Similar words

油烟机yóu yān jī: A kitchen device used to suck up and remove oil and smoke from cooking.
排气扇pái qì shàn: A fan that moves indoor air outdoors for ventilation.

Definition in Chinese

安装于炉灶上方，用来吸走、过滤并排出炒菜时产生的油烟的电器设备，俗称油烟机。ān zhuāng yú lú zào shàng fāng yòng lái xī zǒu guò lǜ bìng pái chū chǎo cài shí chǎn shēng de yóu yān de diàn qì shè bèi sú chēng yóu yān jī

Word origin

The name combines 抽 (chōu, "draw out") + 油 (yóu, "oil") + 烟 (yān, "smoke") + 机 (jī, "machine") to describe a machine that removes cooking fumes.

Usage tips

  • For everyday repair talk, 坏了 (huài le, "is broken") after the appliance name gives a natural short report that it has stopped working.

Other meanings

  • exhaust fannoun
  • kitchen exhaust fannoun

Related words

  • 油烟机yóu yān jīrange hoodnoun
  • 油烟yóu yāncooking fumesnoun

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