| 庖 | [ paó ] kitchen |
| 庖廚 | [ paó chú ] kitchen, cook, chef |
| 庖犧氏 | [ paó xī shì ] another name for 伏羲[Fu2 Xi1], consort of 女媧|女娲[Nu:3 wa1] |
| ⇒ 君子遠庖廚 | [ jūn zǐ yuàn paó chú ] lit. a nobleman stays clear of the kitchen (idiom, from Mencius), fig. a nobleman who has seen a living animal cannot bear to see it die, hence he keeps away from the kitchen |
| ⇒ 越俎代庖 | [ yuè zǔ daì paó ] lit. to go beyond the sacrificial altar and take over the kitchen (idiom); fig. to exceed one's place and meddle in other people's affairs, to take matters into one's own hands |