庖牺 páoxī Fu Xi Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 庖 páo cook (bound form) cook; chef; someone who prepares food as a profession; literary equivalent to 厨师 chúshī牺 犧 xī verbnoun sacrifice (bound form) an animal sacrificed for a religious ritual; specifically a pure-colored beast offered in ancient ancestral temples; often appears as part of 牺牲 xīshēng