炊具 chuī jù cooking utensils / cookware / cooker 挼 ruá (dialect) (of paper or cloth) wrinkled / crumpled / (dialect) (of clothes) worn out / (dialect) (of a fire's intensity, one's physical condition etc) weak / feeble / (dialect) (of skill) poor / inferior 溜 liù swift current / rapids / (dialect) (of speech, actions etc) skilled / proficient / (of movements) quick / speedy / (bound form) rain runoff from a roof / (bound form) roof gutter / classifier for rows, lines etc / surroundings / neighborhood / (dialect) to practice / (dialect) to plaster / to fill in the cracks (with cement, lime plaster etc) syn 鼎 dǐng ancient cooking cauldron with two looped handles and three or four legs / pot (dialect) / to enter upon a period of (classical) / Kangxi radical 206 / one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes syn 罉 chēng (dialect) cooking pot / variant of 鐺|铛[cheng1] 火色 huǒ sè (dialect) intensity of the fire (in cooking, kiln firing etc) 器皿 qì mǐn household utensils syn 只 隻 zhī classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc syn 殉葬 xùn zàng (of servants etc) to be buried alive with the deceased / (of utensils etc) to be buried with the dead syn 家什 jiā shi utensils / furniture syn 筅 xiǎn bamboo brush for utensils 什器 shí qì various kinds of everyday utensils 欀 xiāng inner lining of wooden utensils / component beam used in building construction / species of oak tree with medicinal bark (old) 疏水箪瓢 疏水簞瓢 shū shuǐ dān piáo little water and few utensils / to live a frugal life (idiom) 锅碗瓢盆 鍋碗瓢盆 guō wǎn piáo pén kitchen utensils (literary) 咱们 咱們 zán men we or us (including both the speaker and the person(s) spoken to) / (dialect) I or me / (dialect) (in a coaxing or familiar way) you / also pr. [za2 men5] syn 风光 風光 fēng guāng scene / view / sight / landscape / to be well-regarded / to be well-off / grand (dialect) / impressive (dialect) syn 黄牛 黃牛 huáng niú ox / cattle / scalper of tickets etc / (dialect) to fail to show up / (dialect) to break a promise syn 大 dà big / large / great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4jie3]) / greatly / freely / fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother) syn 拿捏 ná niē (lit. and fig.) to grasp / to control / (dialect) affecting shyness / coy / (dialect) to deliberately create difficulties / to threaten 着 著 zhāo a move in chess (Taiwan pr. [zhuo2]) / trick / tactic / (dialect) okay / all right / (dialect) to put in / to add syn 种花 種花 zhòng huā to grow flowers / (dialect) to vaccinate / (dialect) to grow cotton syn 咧咧 liē liē (dialect) to cry / to whimper / (dialect) to talk drivel 兴 興 xīng to rise / to flourish / to become popular / to start / to encourage / to get up / (often used in the negative) to permit or allow (dialect) / maybe (dialect) syn 砻 礱 lóng (dialect) tool used to hull rice (similar to a grain mill) / (dialect) to hull rice using this tool syn 㞎 bǎ (dialect) poo / (dialect) to shit 启海话 啟海話 qǐ hǎi huà Qihai dialect, a Wu dialect spoken in Tongzhou, Haimen, and Qidong districts in southern Jiangsu province, and on Chongming Island in Shanghai 媳妇 媳婦 xí fu (dialect) wife / (dialect) young married woman syn 拧巴 擰巴 nǐng ba (dialect) awkward / uncomfortable / (dialect) obstinate / contrary / argumentative 磕碜 磕磣 kē chen (dialect) ugly / unsightly / shabby / (dialect) to humiliate / to ridicule 馃子 餜子 guǒ zi (dialect) pastry / (dialect) youtiao / deep-fried cruller 齁甜 hōu tián (dialect) (of food) excessively sweet / cloying / (dialect) (of words, affection etc) sickenly sweet / overly sentimental 巴适 巴適 bā shì (Sichuan dialect) comfortable / suitable / excellent / really good / (Sichuan dialect) to be close to (sb) / to curry favor with 配方 pèi fāng prescription / cooking recipe / formulation / completing the square (to solve quadratic equation, math.) syn 料理 liào lǐ to arrange / to handle / to cook / cuisine / art of cooking syn 点心 點心 diǎn xin light refreshments / pastry / dim sum (in Cantonese cooking) / dessert syn 烹饪 烹飪 pēng rèn cooking / culinary arts syn 加盖 加蓋 jiā gài to seal (with an official stamp) / to stamp / (fig.) to ratify / to put a lid on (a cooking pot) / to cap / to build an extension or additional story syn 配料 pèi liào ingredients (in a cooking recipe) / to mix materials according to directions 和风 和風 hé fēng breeze / (Tw) Japanese-style (cooking etc) syn 开火 開火 kāi huǒ to open fire / to start shooting / to light the flame (for cooking) syn 厨艺 廚藝 chú yì cooking skills / culinary talent 做菜 zuò cài to cook / cooking syn 炒菜 chǎo cài to stir-fry / to do the cooking / stir-fried dish 料酒 liào jiǔ cooking wine 家常菜 jiā cháng cài home cooking 主料 zhǔ liào main ingredients (in a cooking recipe) 调匀 調勻 tiáo yún to blend (cooking) / to mix evenly syn 文火 wén huǒ small flame (when cooking, simmering etc) 夹心 夾心 jiā xīn to fill with stuffing (e.g. in cooking) / stuffed 烧火 燒火 shāo huǒ to light a fire for cooking syn 禁烟 禁煙 jìn yān to ban smoking / to quit smoking / to prohibit cooking / prohibition on opium (esp. in China from 1729) 铁锅 鐵鍋 tiě guō iron cooking pot 五香 wǔ xiāng five spice seasoned / incorporating the five basic flavors of Chinese cooking (sweet, sour, bitter, savory, salty) 三鲜 三鮮 sān xiān three fresh ingredients (in cooking) 豆腐皮 dòu fu pí tofu skin (made by drying the skin that forms on the surface of soymilk during cooking, and therefore not actually made from tofu) syn 食油 shí yóu cooking oil syn 拔丝 拔絲 bá sī wire drawing / candied floss (cooking) / spun sugar or toffee (coating) syn 慢火 màn huǒ low heat (cooking) 炊事 chuī shì cooking syn 腐竹 fǔ zhú rolls of dried soymilk cream (used in cooking after being rehydrated) 便饭 便飯 biàn fàn an ordinary meal / simple home cooking syn 面糊 麵糊 miàn hù panada / cooked flour paste / flour paste (used in crafts) / batter (used in cooking) / Taiwan pr. [mian4hu2] syn 食法 shí fǎ cooking method 掌勺 zhǎng sháo to be in charge of the cooking / to be the chef / head cook / chef syn 清油 qīng yóu vegetable cooking oil syn 碱水 鹼水 jiǎn shuǐ lye water / alkaline water (used in cooking) 大黄鱼 大黃魚 dà huáng yú Croceine croaker (Pseudosciaena crocea), a fish popular in Cantonese cooking syn 地沟油 地溝油 dì gōu yóu illegally recycled waste cooking oil 填鸭 tián yā to force-feed ducks / (cooking) stuffed duck 汽锅 汽鍋 qì guō steamer (for cooking) 蒸 zhēng to evaporate / (of cooking) to steam / torch made from hemp stalks or bamboo (old) / finely chopped firewood (old) syn 爪 zhuǎ (coll.) foot of an animal or bird / (coll.) foot supporting a cooking pot etc syn 酿 釀 niàng to ferment / to brew / to make honey (of bees) / to lead to / to form gradually / wine / stuffed vegetables (cooking method) syn 烫 燙 tàng to scald / to burn (by scalding) / to blanch (cooking) / to heat (sth) up in hot water / to perm / to iron / scalding hot syn 爨 cuàn cooking-stove / to cook 鬲 lì ancient ceramic three-legged vessel used for cooking with cord markings on the outside and hollow legs 鼎铛玉石 鼎鐺玉石 dǐng chēng yù shí lit. to use a sacred tripod as cooking pot and jade as ordinary stone (idiom) / fig. a waste of precious material / casting pearls before swine 出饭 出飯 chū fàn (coll.) (of rice) to rise well (with cooking) 回锅油 回鍋油 huí guō yóu reused cooking oil 天妇罗 天婦羅 tiān fù luó tempura / deep-fried cooking / also called 甜不辣[tian2 bu4 la4] 底汁 dǐ zhī stock (cooking) / base (of sauce or gravy) 料持 liào chí to arrange / to manage / to attend to / to take care of / to look after (the cooking) 治大国若烹小鲜 治大國若烹小鮮 zhì dà guó ruò pēng xiǎo xiān ruling a large nation is like cooking a small delicacy (idiom) / effective government requires minimal intervention 炊器 chuī qì cooking vessels (archaeology) 煮法 zhǔ fǎ cooking method 生粉 shēng fěn cornflour / starch powder (cooking) 生粉水 shēng fěn shuǐ starch solution (cooking) 石头火锅 石頭火鍋 shí tou huǒ guō claypot (used in cooking) 粉芡 fěn qiàn cooking starch / pasty mixture of starch and water 酥松油脂 酥鬆油脂 sū sōng yóu zhī shortening (fat used in cooking cakes) 食物油 shí wù yóu cooking oil / food oil 照烧 照燒 zhào shāo teriyaki (Japanese cooking technique) 煮锅 煮鍋 zhǔ guō cooking pot 做饭用燃气 做飯用燃气 zuò fàn yòng rán qì cooking gas 烹饪燃料 烹飪燃料 pēng rèn rán liào cooking fuel 厨房拖车 廚房拖車 cooking trailer 氽烫 氽燙 tǔn tàng to blanch (cooking) 连锅端 連鍋端 lián guō duān to take even the cooking pots (idiom) / to clean out / to wipe out syn 