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The character 庖 is a phono-semantic compound meaning a kitchen or cookhouse, and by extension, a chef. Its semantic component is the shelter radical 广, indicating a building or room. The phonetic component is 包 (bāo), which suggests the pronunciation. Historically, the term specifically referred to rooms for food preparation, such as butchers' quarters in large estates, and later extended to the cooks who worked in them. Thus, the character combines a physical location with a culinary occupation.
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妈妈在庖厨做饭。
庖厨必须保持干净。
我们家的庖厨很宽敞。
他正在学习庖厨技术。
现代庖厨设计更人性化。
这位庖丁的厨艺很高超。
经理请假时由助理代庖。
在古代，庖人是重要的职业。