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廚

简厨 · 繁廚

Mandarin · pinyin chú

kitchen

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厨: chú · kitchen; closet; cupboard

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2 · chu2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

ceoi4 · cyu1 · cyu2 · cyu4

Cantonese word readings for 廚. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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character · Etymology 1

kitchen
cook; chef (Classifier: 個／个 c)
original form of 櫥／橱 (chú, “closet; cupboard”)

character · Etymology 2

(Internet slang, chiefly ACG) someone who is zealously enthusiastic about something
(Internet slang, chiefly ACG) to be zealous about something

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