# 庖丁
## Chinese

* 庖丁

### Etymology

After a famous chef named 丁 (dīng) mentioned in Zhuangzi. See 庖丁解牛 (páodīngjiěniú) for details.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): páodīng
    (Zhuyin): ㄆㄠˊ ㄉㄧㄥ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): paau$^4$ ding$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: páodīng
*** Zhuyin: ㄆㄠˊ ㄉㄧㄥ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: páoding
*** Wade–Giles: pʻao$^2$-ting$^1$
*** Yale: páu-dīng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: paurding
*** Palladius: паодин (paodin)
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰɑʊ̯³⁵ tiŋ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: paau$^4$ ding$^1$
*** Yale: pàauh dīng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: paau$^4$ ding$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: pao$^4$ ding$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰaːu̯²¹ tɪŋ⁵⁵/

### Noun

庖丁
* (literary) cook (person who prepares food)

#### Synonyms

* 庖人 (páorén) (literary)
* 廚子／厨子 (chúzi) (colloquial)
* 廚師／厨师 (chúshī)
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 庖, 庖丁, 庖人, 廚人 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 廚師, 廚子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 廚子, 大師傅 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 廚師 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 大師傅, 做飯的, 廚子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 廚子, 大師傅, 做飯的 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 大師傅, 炊事員, 做飯的 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 廚師, 炊事員, 廚子, 大師傅 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 廚子, 大師傅 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 廚師, 大師傅, 炊事員, 廚子, 做飯的, 上灶兒的 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 廚師, 炊事員, 廚子, 大師傅 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 廚師, 炊事員, 廚子, 大師傅, 做飯的 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 炊事員, 大師傅, 做飯的 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 廚子, 大師傅 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 廚師, 炊事員, 大師傅, 廚子, 做飯的 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 廚師, 炊事員, 廚子, 大師傅, 做飯的 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 廚師 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 廚子, 大師傅 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 廚子, 大師傅, 做飯的, 掌勺兒的 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 廚子, 炊事員 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 廚子, 大師傅 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 大師傅, 炊事員 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 大師傅 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 廚師, 炊事員, 廚子, 大師傅 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 大師傅 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 廚師, 炊事員, 廚子, 大師傅, 做飯的 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 廚子, 大師傅 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 廚子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 炊事員, 廚子, 大師傅 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 伙夫, 廚子, 炊事員 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 廚子, 掌鍋, 局帳 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 廚子, 大師傅 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 廚師, 廚子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 做飯的, 大師傅, 廚子, 掌瓢的 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 大師傅, 做飯的 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 廚師, 炊事員, 炊工, 廚子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 廚師, 炊事員, 廚子, 伙師 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 大師傅 male, 做飯的 female |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 掌案的 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 廚師, 廚子, 炊事員, 大師傅, 做飯的 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 廚師, 廚子, 大師傅, 做飯的, 炊事員, 爐頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 廚師, 廚子, 大師傅, 做飯的, 炊事員 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 炊事員, 廚子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 大師傅, 做飯的 derogatory |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 廚子, 廚子老師兒, 炊事員, 掌鍋的, 掌勺兒的, 掌勺的, 大師傅, 火頭軍 humorous |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 廚師, 炊事員, 廚子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 廚子, 抓鍋的 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 廚子, 大師傅, 做飯的, 炊事員, 伙夫 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 廚師, 炊事員, 做飯的, 廚子, 大師傅 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 廚子, 大師傅, 做飯的 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 廚子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 廚子, 掌勺的, 大師傅 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 廚子, 廚師, 廚管師, 掌灶的, 掌瓢兒的 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 廚師, 炊事員, 大師傅, 煮飯的 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 廚子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 廚子, 炊事員 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 廚子, 大師傅 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 廚師, 廚子, 大師傅, 伙老幺 derogatory |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 廚師, 炊事員 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 廚師, 炊事員, 廚子, 大師傅 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 炊事員, 做飯的, 弄飯的 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 廚師, 炊事員, 大師傅, 做飯的 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 廚師, 炊事員, 廚子師傅, 燒火的 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 大師傅, 廚子, 廚師, 做飯的 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 大師傅 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 廚師, 廚子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 廚子師傅 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 廚師, 灶碼子, 炊事員 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 廚師 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 廚師, 炊事員, 廚子, 大師傅, 做飯的 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 廚子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 廚子, 廚房 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin (Lingui) | 廚師 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 廚師, 伙貓, 炊事員, 伙夫, 火頭軍, 師傅 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou (Luorong) | 廚師 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 廚子, 大師傅, 炊事員 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 大師傅 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 廚師, 廚子, 大師傅, 做飯的, 炊事員 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 廚子, 伙夫, 廚娘 female |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 廚師, 廚子, 炊事員, 站紅鍋的, 掌勺的, 火頭軍 humorous |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 廚師, 炊事員, 廚子, 大師傅 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 廚子, 大師傅 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 廚子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 廚師, 廚子, 炊事員 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 大師傅, 鍋師傅, 炊事員 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 廚師, 炊事員 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 廚師, 大師傅, 炊事員, 舞飯的 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 廚師, 廚房, 廚房佬, 伙頭, 候鑊, 火頭軍, 伙夫, 煮飯 female |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 廚師, 廚, 廚佬, 伙頭, 候鑊, 廚房佬 male |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 伙頭 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 廚師, 伙頭 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 廚房佬 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 伙頭 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 廚師 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 廚師, 伙頭 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 伙頭 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 候鑊 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 廚師, 伙頭 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 廚師, 伙頭 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 廚師, 伙頭 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 伙頭 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 伙頭 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 廚師 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 伙頭 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 火頭軍 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 伙頭 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 伙頭, 廚師 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 伙頭 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 伙頭 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 伙頭, 廚 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 伙頭 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 伙頭 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 廚師 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 廚師, 伙頭, 候鑊 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 伙頭 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 伙頭 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 伙頭 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 伙頭 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 煮吃佬, 伙頭 |
| Cantonese | Lianshan (Butian) | 廚子 |
| Cantonese | Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui) | 伙夫 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 伙頭 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 廚師, 伙頭 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 伙頭 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 廚師 |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 伙頭 |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 廚子佬 |
| Cantonese | Guangning | 廚子佬 |
| Cantonese | Deqing | 伙頭 |
| Cantonese | Huaiji | 廚師, 伙頭 |
| Cantonese | Fengkai (Nanfeng) | 伙頭 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 廚房佬 |
| Cantonese | Xinxing | 廚師, 伙頭 |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 伙頭 |
| Cantonese | Yunan (Pingtai) | 廚師 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 廚師, 廚房佬, 大師傅, 伙貓, 火頭軍 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 大師傅 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 廚師, 師傅 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 廚官師傅, 師傅 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Shatian) | 伙頭公 |
| Cantonese | Guiping | 廚房佬, 廚師 |
| Cantonese | Guiping (Mule) | 廚房佬 |
| Cantonese | Pingnan | 廚房佬 |
| Cantonese | Mengshan (Xihe) | 廚師 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Gangcheng) | 廚房佬 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Nanjiang) | 廚師 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Pingdong) | 火頭軍 |
| Cantonese | Beiliu (Tangliao) | 廚師 |
| Cantonese | Baise | 廚師 |
| Cantonese | Bobai | 廚師 |
| Cantonese | Lingshan | 廚師 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou | 廚師 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 廚師, 師傅, 火頭軍 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Nankang) | 火頭軍 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Yingpan) | 廚師 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 廚師 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 廚師 |
| Cantonese | Ningming | 廚師 |
| Cantonese | Hengzhou | 廚師 |
| Cantonese | Hezhou (Pumen, Babu) | 廚師 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 廚師 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 伙頭 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 伙頭, 將軍 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 廚師 |
| Cantonese | Bangkok (Guangfu) | 伙頭 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 廚子, 大師傅 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 大師傅, 掌勺個, 伙頭將軍 humorous |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 廚子, 伙頭師傅, 廚官師傅, 廚官 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 廚師, 伙頭, 搣食個, 徛鑊師傅, 砧頭師傅, 捉刀師傅 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 伙頭, 廚房佬, 大師傅 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua) | 伙頭 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua) | 伙頭 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua) | 伙頭 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 伙頭 |
| Hakka | Longmen (Pingling Bendihua) | 伙頭 |
| Hakka | Longmen (Luxi Bendihua) | 廚師, 伙頭 |
| Hakka | Boluo (Bendihua) | 廚伊 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 伙頭 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 伙頭 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 廚咧 |
| Hakka | Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua) | 伙頭, 師傅, 廚師 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua) | 廚師, 伙頭 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua) | 廚夫 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Zhongxin Bendihua) | 煮食個 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Longjie Bendihua) | 火頭軍, 廚仔 |
| Hakka | Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua) | 火頭軍 |
| Hakka | Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua) | 火頭軍 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 廚師 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 伙頭師傅, 廚官師傅 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 廚師 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 廚師 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 廚師 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 廚師 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 廚師 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 總鋪 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 伙頭 |
| Hakka | Yangxi (Tangkou) | 伙頭 |
| Hakka | Yangchun (Sanjia) | 伙頭 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Sihe) | 伙頭佬 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Qianpai) | 伙頭 |
| Hakka | Gaozhou (Xindong) | 廚師 |
| Hakka | Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) | 整菜佬 |
| Hakka | Huazhou (Xin'an) | 火頭軍 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Shijiao) | 做廚佬 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Qingping) | 煮飯佬 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 廚師 |
| Hakka | Beiliu (Tang'an) | 廚房佬 |
| Hakka | Mashan (Pianlian) | 廚房佬 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 廚師 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Jiexi) | 廚師, 總廚, 火頭軍 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 廚師, 炊事員, 搞來吃仂, 伙頭 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 廚師, 炊事員, 伙頭 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 廚子, 做飯的, 大師傅 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 廚師, 炊事員, 大師傅 |
| Jin | Datong | 廚子 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 廚子, 廚工師傅, 大師傅, 二伙夫, 伙夫 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 炊事員兒, 大師傅, 廚子, 做飯的 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 廚子, 大師傅 |
| Jin | Linhe | 廚師, 炊事員, 大師傅, 做飯的 |
| Jin | Jining | 大師傅 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 廚師, 炊事員, 廚子, 大師傅 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 廚師, 炊事員, 大師傅 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 做飯的 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 廚師, 廚子, 大師傅 |
| Jin | Handan | 廚師, 炊事員, 廚子, 大師傅, 掌灶的 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 伙夫, 炊工 |
| Jin | Suide | 做飯的, 大師傅, 廚子, 伙夫 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 廚官師傅, 火頭軍 humorous |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 廚師傅, 廚師 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 廚師傅 |
| Eastern Min | Pingnan | 廚師傅 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 飯頭 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 飯頭 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 廚子師, 總鋪, 燒火的 derogatory, 燃火的 derogatory |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 廚子師, 燃火的 derogatory |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 煮食的 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 廚子師, 廚子, 伙頭, 火頭軍, 燃火的 derogatory |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 廚師 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 總鋪 |
| Southern Min | Taipei (Wanhua) | 總鋪師 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 總鋪, 總鋪師傅 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 廚子, 總鋪 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 總鋪, 煮食的 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 廚子, 總鋪, 廚子的 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 廚子, 總鋪, 總鋪師 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) | 廚子 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 廚子, 總鋪師, 師傅 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Tianliao) | 廚子, 總鋪師 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 煮食的, 廚子, 總鋪師, 總鋪 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 總鋪師, 總鋪 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 總鋪, 廚子 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 總鋪師, 廚子, 廚子師傅 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 總鋪師 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 廚子, 廚子師, 總鋪, 總鋪師 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 總鋪師 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 廚子師傅 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 總鋪師, 總鋪 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 總鋪, 館棧 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 總鋪, 廚子 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 總鋪 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 總鋪 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 總鋪, 廚子, 火頭軍 humorous |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 煮食的, 伙頭, 伙長 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 廚主仔 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 廚師 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Sijie) | 廚官 |
| Southern Min | Pingle (Zhoutang) | 廚官, 火頭軍, 煮食佬 |
| Southern Min | Lechang (Tatou) | 廚官, 火頭軍 |
| Southern Min | Yingde (Yuzui) | 廚師, 火頭軍, 煮食佬 |
| Southern Min | Yunan (Liantan) | 廚師, 煮食佬, 火頭軍 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 廚師, 廚房師父, 伙頭 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 伙頭, 火頭軍, 廚 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 伙頭, 廚師 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 火頭軍 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 廚子, 伙頭 humorous |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 廚子爹 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 廚公 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 廚師 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 廚公 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 廚公, 廚師 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 廚公, 廚師 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 廚公, 廚師 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Youyang) | 廚公, 廚師 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 廚仔 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 伙頭 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 廚師, 廚房佬, 火頭軍 humorous |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Shajing) | 廚師 |
| Southern Pinghua | Binyang (Xinqiao) | 廚師 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 廚子 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Chaoyang) | 廚師 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Zhuyuan) | 廚師 |
| Northern Pinghua | Lingchuan (Tanxia) | 廚師 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 廚師, 燒飯師傅, 飯師傅, 火頭軍 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 廚師傅 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 飯師傅 |
| Wu | Danyang | 廚子, 飯師傅 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 廚房師傅 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 廚工師傅, 廚工, 飯師傅, 飯頭腦, 上灶師傅, 大菜師傅, 火頭軍, 飯烏龜 derogatory |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 廚房老師, 火頭軍 humorous |
| Wu | Jinhua | 廚師, 廚官, 廚官老師, 伙頭 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 廚房師傅, 大師傅, 火頭軍 humorous, 灶蛐蛐 derogatory |
| Xiang | Loudi | 廚師, 廚官, 伙夫, 火頭軍 humorous |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 廚房師傅 |
| Xiang | Guanyang (Wenshi) | 廚房師傅 |

#### Derived terms

* 庖丁解牛 (páodīngjiěniú)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 庖 | 丁 |
| ほう Hyōgai | ちょう Grade: 3 |
| on'yomi ||
For pronunciation and definitions of 庖丁 – see the following entry. :
| 【包丁ほうちょう】 | [noun] kitchen knife, cooking knife, cleaver |
(This term, 庖丁, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) :