bếp núc

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Mẹ đang chuẩn bị bữa tối trong bếp núc.

Definition

Noun: 1. The kitchen (as a place or concept): Refers to the kitchen area or the general domain of cooking and food preparation. 2. Kitchen work; culinary tasks; cooking duties: Refers to the chores, activities, and skills related to preparing food and managing a kitchen. 3. (Figurative) The inner workings; the tricks of the trade: Refers to the underlying techniques, methods, or "behind-the-scenes" knowledge of a particular craft, profession, or activity.

Usage Examples

• As a place:
  • Bếp núc sạch sẽ. (A neat kitchen.)
• As work/duties:
  • Cô ấy giỏi về bếp núc. (She is skilled in culinary matters / kitchen work.)
  • Việc bếp núc (kitchen chores)
  • Giải phóng phụ nữ khỏi việc bếp núc. (To emancipate women from kitchen chores.)
• Figurative use:
  • Bếp núc của nhà văn. (The writer's craft / the writer's toolkit of techniques.)

Advanced Usage

The word is often used in a general, collective sense rather than to specify a single physical kitchen. It carries a nuance of the routine, sometimes burdensome, domestic labor associated with cooking and maintaining a household.

Variants and Related Words

• Bếp (n): Kitchen; stove; cooker. This is the more common, neutral word for a physical kitchen.
• Nhà bếp (n): Kitchen (more formal than "bếp").
• Nấu nướng (v): To cook, to do the cooking.

Synonyms

• Kitchen (as a place).
• Cooking, culinary work, kitchen duties (as tasks).
• Craft, technique, methodology (in the figurative sense).

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Đầu tắt mặt tối với bếp núc: To be overwhelmingly busy with kitchen/household work.
• Mê bếp núc: To be passionate about cooking.

Học thuật

noun

1. Cook-house, kitchen (nói khái quát)
   • bếp núc sạch sẽ
     a neat kitchen
   • việc bếp núc
     kitchen duty, kitchen chores
   • giải phóng phụ nữ khỏi việc bếp núc
     to emancipate women from kitchen chores