Definition

1. Verb:
   • To do the cooking, to cook: This refers to the activity of preparing food by heating or combining ingredients. It specifically emphasizes the action of performing kitchen tasks to create a meal.
   • To work as a cook: This can also refer to the occupation or role of being responsible for cooking, often in a household or professional setting.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Hôm nay tôi sẽ làm bếp cho cả nhà. (Today I will do the cooking for the whole family.)
  • Chị ấy làm bếp rất giỏi. (She is very good at cooking.)
  • Anh ấy làm bếp trong một nhà hàng lớn. (He works as a cook in a large restaurant.)

Advanced Usage

• "đảm nhiệm việc làm bếp": to take charge of the cooking.
  • Trong chuyến đi cắm trại, tôi sẽ đảm nhiệm việc làm bếp. (On the camping trip, I will take charge of the cooking.)

Variants and Related Words

• Nấu ăn (verb): to cook. This is a very common synonym.
  • Mẹ tôi đang nấu ăn trong bếp. (My mother is cooking in the kitchen.)
• Đầu bếp (noun): chef, cook (the person).
  • Người đầu bếp đó nấu món ăn rất ngon. (That chef cooks very delicious food.)
• Công việc bếp núc (noun phrase): kitchen work, culinary tasks.
  • Cô ấy không thích công việc bếp núc. (She does not like kitchen work.)

Synonyms

• Nấu nướng: to cook (often implies the general activity of cooking).
• Chuẩn bị bữa ăn: to prepare a meal.

Related Phrases

• Phụ làm bếp: to assist with the cooking.
  • Các con có thể phụ làm bếp bằng cách nhặt rau. (The children can assist with the cooking by picking vegetables.)

Related Idioms

• "Chân ướt chân ráo vào làm bếp": (Literally: to enter the kitchen with one foot wet, one foot dry). This idiom describes someone who starts cooking or kitchen work immediately upon arriving, often implying eagerness or a lack of rest.
  • Vừa về đến nhà, cô ấy đã chân ướt chân ráo vào làm bếp. (As soon as she got home, she immediately started cooking.)

1. Do the cooking, cook