bếp
Noun: 1. A device or structure for cooking food; a stove, cooker, or hearth. This is the primary meaning, referring to the physical object used for cooking, such as a gas stove, electric cooker, or traditional wood/charcoal hearth. 2. A room or area where food is prepared; a kitchen. This meaning extends from the location of the primary cooking appliance. 3. (Historical/Archaic) A male cook. In the past, this term specifically referred to a man employed to cook, often as a domestic servant. 4. (Archaic) A household; a family unit. This usage originates from the idea of a family sharing one cooking fire or kitchen. It can also refer to a hearth as a symbol of the home. 5. (Historical) A low-ranking soldier in the feudal or colonial French army. This is an obsolete, context-specific meaning.
- As a cooking appliance:
- Mẹ tôi đang nấu ăn ở bếp. (My mother is cooking at the stove.)
- Nhà mới của họ có một cái bếp từ rất hiện đại. (Their new house has a very modern induction cooker.)
- As a kitchen:
- Căn bếp này rất sáng sủa và sạch sẽ. (This kitchen is very bright and clean.)
- Chị ấy đang dọn dẹp trong bếp. (She is cleaning in the kitchen.)
- (Historical) As a male cook:
- Ông cụ ngày xưa từng làm bếp cho một gia đình giàu có. (The old man used to work as a cook for a wealthy family.)
- (Archaic) As a household:
- Làng đó có khoảng một trăm bếp. (That village has about one hundred households.)
- "ngồi bên bếp": To sit by the cooking fire/hearth. This phrase evokes a cozy, traditional, or intimate domestic scene.
- Bà thường kể chuyện cho chúng tôi nghe khi chúng tôi ngồi bên bếp. (Grandma would often tell us stories when we sat by the hearth.)
- "chuyện góc bếp": Kitchen talk; gossip or casual conversation that happens in the kitchen, often implying informal or private matters.
- Đó chỉ là chuyện góc bếp, đừng để ý làm gì. (That's just kitchen gossip, don't pay any attention to it.)
- Nhà bếp (n): A more formal or complete term for "kitchen". It literally means "kitchen house".
- Đầu bếp (n): Chef, head cook. This is the modern, standard term for a professional cook, regardless of gender.
- Bếp trưởng (n): Head chef, executive chef.
- Phụ bếp (n): Kitchen helper, commis chef.
- Bếp núc (n): A colloquial term referring collectively to cooking activities, kitchen work, or the kitchen area itself. (e.g., - kitchen chores).
- For "kitchen": Gian bếp, nhà bếp, phòng bếp.
- For "stove/cooker": Lò, bếp lò.
- For "cook" (modern): Đầu bếp, người nấu ăn.
- Bếp ga: Gas stove.
- Bếp điện: Electric stove/cooker.
- Bếp từ: Induction cooker.
- Bếp củi: Wood-burning stove/hearth.
- Bếp than: Charcoal stove.
- Làm bếp: To cook, to do the cooking.
- Khu bếp: Kitchen area.
- Cooking-stove, cooking range
- Cooking fire
- ngồi bên bếpto sit by a cooking fire
- Kitchen, cook-house
- ngăn một gian làm bếpto partition a room for kitchen
- Male cook
- làm bồi, làm bếpto hire oneself as a male servant, a male cook
- Household
- nhà này có hai bếpthere are two households in this house
- Feudal soldier
- Private first class