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Chef in Chinese

chef · HSK 4

厨师 chú shī

  1. 厨 chú kitchen
  2. 师 shī teacher

Counted with 名: 一名厨师 yì míng chúshī

这家饭店的厨师手艺很好。 The chef at this restaurant is very skilled.

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How do you say chef in Chinese?

Chef in Chinese is 厨师 (chú shī).

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The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.

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