zuò fàn
cook
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我不会做饭。
wǒ bù huì zuò fàn.
I don't know how to cook.
她正在做饭。
tā zhèng zài zuò fàn.
She is cooking.
我们一起做饭吧。
wǒ men yī qǐ zuò fàn ba.
Let's cook together.
烹饪 (pēng rèn)
cook
烧菜 (shāo cài)
cook
吃饭 (chīfàn)
eat
点餐 (diǎncān)
order food
The Chinese word 做饭 (zuò fàn) for "cooking" is composed of two characters: 做 (zuò) and 饭 (fàn). The character 做 originally meant "to make" or "to do", and was often used in the context of manual labor or craftsmanship. Over time, its meaning expanded to include more general activities, such as cooking. The character 饭, on the other hand, originally referred to cooked rice, but its meaning later expanded to include other types of cooked food in general. When these two characters are combined, 做饭 literally means "to make cooked food", which is a concise and accurate description of the process of cooking.
