约翰 約翰 yuē hàn John (name) / Johan (name) / Johann (name) 做饭 做飯 zuò fàn to prepare a meal / to cook syn 名义 名義 míng yì name / titular / nominal / in name / ostensible purpose syn 姓名 xìng míng surname and given name / full name syn 厨师 廚師 chú shī cook / chef syn 维多利亚 維多利亞 wéi duō lì yà (name) Victoria / (place name) Victoria (capital of the Seychelles, southeastern state in Australia etc) 编造 編造 biān zào to compile / to draw up / to fabricate / to invent / to concoct / to make up / to cook up syn 抬头 抬頭 tái tóu to raise one's head / to gain ground / account name, or space for writing the name on checks, bills etc syn 起火 qǐ huǒ to catch fire / to cook / to get angry syn 料理 liào lǐ to arrange / to handle / to cook / cuisine / art of cooking syn 大名 dà míng famous name / your distinguished name / one's formal personal name / (Japanese history) daimyo syn 名称 名稱 míng chēng name (of a thing) / name (of an organization) syn 化名 huà míng to go by an alias / to assume a false name / alias / pseudonym / assumed name syn 厨子 廚子 chú zi cook syn 弗洛伊德 fú luò yī dé Floyd (name) / Freud (name) / Dr Sigmund Freud (1856-1939), the founder of psychoanalysis 点名 點名 diǎn míng roll call / to mention sb by name / (to call or praise or criticize sb) by name syn 煮饭 煮飯 zhǔ fàn to cook syn 假名 jiǎ míng false name / pseudonym / alias / pen name / the Japanese kana scripts / hiragana 平假名[ping2 jia3 ming2] and katakana 片假名[pian4 jia3 ming2] syn 烹调 烹調 pēng tiáo to cook syn 起名 qǐ míng to name / to christen / to take a name 下厨 下廚 xià chú to go to the kitchen (to prepare a meal) / to cook syn 做菜 zuò cài to cook / cooking syn 阿兰 阿蘭 ā lán Alan, Allen, Allan, Alain etc (name) / A-lan (Chinese female name) 冒名顶替 冒名頂替 mào míng dǐng tì to assume sb's name and take his place (idiom) / to impersonate / to pose under a false name syn 别称 別稱 bié chēng another name / alternative name syn 胡诌 胡謅 hú zhōu to invent crazy nonsense / to cook up (excuses) / to talk at random / wild babble syn 大和 dà hé Yamato, an ancient Japanese province, a period of Japanese history, a place name, a surname etc / Daiwa, a Japanese place name, business name etc 烹制 pēng zhì to cook / to prepare (food) syn 小名 xiǎo míng pet name for a child / childhood name syn 学名 學名 xué míng scientific name / Latin name (of plant or animal) / (according to an old system of nomenclature) on entering school life, a formal personal name given to new students 代称 代稱 dài chēng alternative name / to refer to sth by another name / antonomasia 有名无实 有名無實 yǒu míng wú shí lit. has a name but no reality (idiom) / exists only in name / nominal syn 金陵 jīn líng pre-Han name for Nanjing / common place name 洪武 hóng wǔ Hongwu Emperor, also written Hung-wu Ti, reign name of first Ming emperor Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋[Zhu1 Yuan2 zhang1] (1328-1398), reigned 1386-1398, temple name 明太祖[Ming2 Tai4 zu3] 并称 並稱 bìng chēng joint name / combined name syn 本名 běn míng original name / real name / (of foreigners) first name / given name 永乐 永樂 yǒng lè Yongle Emperor, reign name of third Ming emperor Zhu Di 朱棣[Zhu1 Di4] (1360-1424), reigned 1403-1424, temple name 明成祖[Ming2 Cheng2 zu3] 年号 年號 nián hào reign title / era name (name for either the entire reign of an emperor or one part of it) / year number (such as 2016 or 甲子) 正德 zhèng dé Zhengde Emperor, reign name of eleventh Ming emperor Zhu Houzhao 朱厚照[Zhu1 Hou4 zhao4] (1491-1521), reigned 1505-1521, temple name 明武宗[Ming2 Wu3 zong1] 乳名 rǔ míng infant name / pet name for a child syn 天顺 天順 tiān shùn Tianshun Emperor, reign name of eighth Ming Emperor 朱祁鎮|朱祁镇[Zhu1 Qi2 zhen4] (1427-1464), reigned 1457-1464, temple name Yingzong 英宗[Ying1 zong1] 炊事员 炊事員 chuī shì yuán cook / kitchen worker syn 灌水 guàn shuǐ to irrigate / to pour water into / to inject water into meat to increase its weight (plumping) / to cook the books / to post low-value messages (small talk etc) on Internet forums 天后 tiān hòu Tin Hau, Empress of Heaven, another name for the goddess Matsu 媽祖|妈祖[Ma1 zu3] / Tin Hau (Hong Kong area around the MTR station with same name) 品名 pǐn míng name of product / brand name 煮熟 zhǔ shóu to boil thoroughly / to cook thoroughly 串烧 串燒 chuàn shāo to cook on a skewer / barbecued food on a skewer / shish kebab / (fig.) to perform or play songs in sequence / sequence of songs / medley 申城 shēn chéng alternative name for Shanghai 上海[Shang4 hai3] / alternative name for Xinyang City, Henan 信陽市|信阳市[Xin4 yang2 Shi4] 高梁 gāo liáng Takahashi (name) / Takahashi city in Okayama prefecture, Japan / Highbridge (name) 百胜 百勝 bǎi shèng BaiSheng, common name for Chinese company / PakSing, common Hong Kong company name 雅各 yǎ gè Jacob (name) / James (name) 烧菜 燒菜 shāo cài to cook 俗名 sú míng vernacular name / lay name (of a priest) syn 花名 huā míng name of a person on the household register (old) / name on a roster / professional name of a prostitute / pseudonym / nickname 未命名 wèi mìng míng untitled / unnamed / no name / nameless / unknown name 宣德 xuān dé Xuande Emperor, reign name of fifth Ming emperor Zhu Zhanji 朱瞻基[Zhu1 Zhan1 ji1] (1398-1435), reigned 1426-1436, temple name 明宣宗[Ming2 Xuan1 zong1] 回锅 回鍋 huí guō to cook again / to rewarm food syn 掌勺 zhǎng sháo to be in charge of the cooking / to be the chef / head cook / chef syn 烧煮 燒煮 shāo zhǔ to cook 表字 biǎo zì literary name (an alternative name of a person stressing a moral principle) / courtesy name syn 烧 燒 shāo to burn / to cook / to stew / to bake / to roast / to heat / to boil (tea, water etc) / fever / to run a temperature / (coll.) to let things go to one's head syn 称 稱 chēng to weigh / to state / to name / name / appellation / to praise syn 煮 zhǔ to cook / to boil syn 熬 áo to cook on a slow fire / to extract by heating / to decoct / to endure syn 氏 shì clan name / maiden name syn 亚历山大 亞歷山大 yà lì shān dà Alexander (name) / Alexandria (town name) 欧文 歐文 ōu wén Owen (name) / Erwin (name) / Irvine, California 涮 shuàn to rinse / to trick / to fool sb / to cook by dipping finely sliced ingredients briefly in boiling water or soup (generally done at the dining table) syn 名副其实 名副其實 míng fù qí shí not just in name only, but also in reality (idiom) / aptly named / worthy of the name syn 渝 yú short name for Chongqing 重慶|重庆[Chong2 qing4] / old name of Jialing River 嘉陵江[Jia1 ling2 Jiang1] in Sichuan 煲 bāo to cook slowly over a low flame / pot / saucepan syn 焖 燜 mèn to cook in a covered vessel / to casserole / to stew syn 烩 燴 huì to braise / to cook (rice etc) with vegetables, meat and water syn 烹 pēng to boil / to brew (tea) / to cook by briefly stir-frying and then mixing in sauce / (old) to boil to death (judicial punishment in ancient times) syn 馏 餾 liù to steam / to cook in a steamer / to reheat cold food by steaming it syn 泸 瀘 lú old name of a river in Jiangxi / place name 伙夫 huǒ fū mess cook (old) syn 炊 chuī to cook food syn 罗织 羅織 luó zhī to frame sb / to cook up imaginary charges against sb syn 庖厨 庖廚 páo chú kitchen / cook / chef syn 荀 xún (archaic) name of a plant mentioned in ancient texts / name of a state that existed during the Zhou dynasty in present-day Shanxi 炝 熗 qiàng to briefly boil (a vegetable etc), then dress with soy sauce, oil, vinegar etc / to briefly stir-fry (meat, chopped spring onions etc), then add to other ingredients and cook further syn 爨 cuàn cooking-stove / to cook 烀 hū to cook in a small quantity of water syn 那么 那麼 nà me like that / in that way / or so / so / so very much / about / in that case syn 名字 míng zi name (of a person or thing) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 名 míng name / noun (part of speech) / place (e.g. among winners) / famous / classifier for people syn 总 總 zǒng general / overall / to sum up / in every case / always / invariably / anyway / after all / eventually / sooner or later / surely / (after a person's name) abbr. for 總經理|总经理[zong3 jing1 li3] or 總編|总编[zong3 bian1] etc syn 水 shuǐ water / (after a name) ... River / to swim (used mostly in 會水|会水[hui4shui3] and 水性[shui3xing4]) / (coll.) lacking in substance / shoddy / (bound form) additional cost / extra income / classifier for washings of a garment syn 杰克 傑克 jié kè Jack (name) 命 mìng life / fate / order or command / to assign a name, title etc syn 代表 dài biǎo representative / delegate / CL:位[wei4],個|个[ge4],名[ming2] / to represent / to stand for / on behalf of / in the name of syn 收 shōu to receive / to accept / to collect / to put away / to restrain / to stop / in care of (used on address line after name) syn 字 zì letter / symbol / character / word / CL:個|个[ge4] / courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China syn 帽子 mào zi hat / cap / (fig.) label / bad name / CL:頂|顶[ding3] syn 地区 地區 dì qū local / regional / district (not necessarily formal administrative unit) / region / area / as suffix to city name, means prefecture or county (area administered by a prefecture-level city or, county-level city) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 汤姆 湯姆 tāng mǔ Tom (name) 华盛顿 華盛頓 huá shèng dùn Washington (name) / George Washington (1732-1799), first US president / Washington, US State / Washington, D.C. (US federal capital) 乔治 喬治 qiáo zhì George (name) 