做饭 做飯 zuò fàn to prepare a meal / to cook syn 厨师 廚師 chú shī cook / chef syn 编造 編造 biān zào to compile / to draw up / to fabricate / to invent / to concoct / to make up / to cook up 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 群岛 群島 qún dǎo group of islands / archipelago 厨子 廚子 chú zi cook syn 煮饭 煮飯 zhǔ fàn to cook syn 烹调 烹調 pēng tiáo to cook syn 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 泽西 澤西 zé xī Jersey (Channel Islands) 胡诌 胡謅 hú zhōu to invent crazy nonsense / to cook up (excuses) / to talk at random / wild babble syn 九州 jiǔ zhōu division of China during earliest dynasties / fig. ancient China / Kyūshū, southernmost of Japan's four major islands syn 烹制 pēng zhì to cook / to prepare (food) syn 列岛 列島 liè dǎo archipelago / chain of islands 琉球 liú qiú Ryūkyū / refers to the Ryūkyū Islands 琉球群島|琉球群岛[Liu2 qiu2 Qun2 dao3] stretching from Japan to Taiwan / Liuchiu township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[Ping2 dong1 Xian4], Taiwan 钓鱼台 釣魚臺 diào yú tái Diaoyu Islands, located between Taiwan and Okinawa, controlled by Japan – which calls them the Senkaku Islands – but claimed by China 中途岛 中途島 zhōng tú dǎo Midway Islands 炊事员 炊事員 chuī shì yuán cook / kitchen worker syn 所罗门群岛 所羅門群島 suǒ luó mén qún dǎo Solomon Islands in southwest Pacific 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 四国 四國 sì guó Shikoku (one of the four main islands of Japan) 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 钓鱼岛 釣魚島 diào yú dǎo Diaoyu Islands, claimed by China but controlled by Japan as the Senkaku Islands, also called the Pinnacle Islands 澎湖 péng hú Penghu county (Pescadores Islands), Taiwan 南沙 nán shā Nansha Islands, aka Spratly Islands / Nansha District of Guangzhou City 廣州市|广州市[Guang3zhou1 Shi4], Guangdong 马祖 馬祖 mǎ zǔ Matsu Islands off Fujian, administered by Taiwan 独岛 獨島 dú dǎo Dokdo (Japanese Takeshima 竹島|竹岛[Zhu2 dao3]), disputed islands in Sea of Japan 离岛 離島 lí dǎo outlying islands 烧菜 燒菜 shāo cài to cook 成串 chéng chuàn to be lined up (like a chain of islands, a string of pearls etc) / to form a cluster (like a bunch of grapes) / to come one after the other (like a series of sighs) 苏门答腊 蘇門答臘 sū mén dá là Sumatra, one of the Indonesian islands 南沙群岛 南沙群島 nán shā qún dǎo Spratly Islands, disputed between China, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam 瀛洲 yíng zhōu Yingzhou, easternmost of three fabled islands in Eastern sea, home of immortals and source of elixir of immortality 西沙群岛 西沙群島 xī shā qún dǎo Paracel Islands, in the South China Sea 回锅 回鍋 huí guō to cook again / to rewarm food syn 竹岛 竹島 zhú dǎo Takeshima (Korean Dokdo 獨島|独岛[Du2 dao3]), disputed islands in Sea of Japan 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 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 煮 zhǔ to cook / to boil syn 熬 áo to cook on a slow fire / to extract by heating / to decoct / to endure syn 金门 金門 jīn mén Kinmen or Quemoy islands off the Fujian coast, administered by Taiwan / Jinmen county in Quanzhou 泉州[Quan2 zhou1], Fujian, PRC 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 库克 庫克 kù kè Cook (name) / Captain James Cook (1728-1779), British navigator and explorer 开曼群岛 開曼群島 kāi màn qún dǎo Cayman Islands 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 海峡群岛 海峽群島 hǎi xiá qún dǎo Channel Islands 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 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 马绍尔群岛 馬紹爾群島 mǎ shào ěr qún dǎo Marshall Islands 庖厨 庖廚 páo chú kitchen / cook / chef syn 金沙镇 金沙鎮 jīn shā zhèn Chinsha town in Kinmen County 金門縣|金门县[Jin1 men2 xian4] (Kinmen or Quemoy islands), Taiwan 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 白沙 bái shā Baisha (common place name) / Baisha Lizu autonomous county, Hainan / Baisha or Paisha township in Penghu county 澎湖縣|澎湖县[Peng2 hu2 xian4] (Pescadores Islands), Taiwan 安达曼群岛 安達曼群島 ān dá màn qún dǎo Andaman Islands 塔希提 tǎ xī tí Tahiti, island of the Society Islands group in French Polynesia 加拉帕戈斯群岛 加拉帕戈斯群島 jiā lā pà gē sī qún dǎo Galapagos Islands 阿留申群岛 阿留申群島 ā liú shēn qún dǎo Aleutian Islands (trailing 2250 km southwest of Alaska almost down to Kamtchatka) 马里亚纳群岛 馬里亞納群島 mǎ lǐ yà nà qún dǎo Mariana Islands in the Pacific 基里巴斯 jī lǐ bā sī Kiribati (formerly the Gilbert Islands) 索罗门 索羅門 suǒ luó mén Solomon (name) / Solomon (Islands) 亚速尔群岛 亞速爾群島 yà sù ěr qún dǎo Azores Islands 湖西 hú xī Huhsi township in Penghu county 澎湖縣|澎湖县[Peng2 hu2 xian4] (Pescadores Islands), Taiwan 蓬莱 蓬萊 péng lái (Chinese mythology) Penglai, one of three fabled islands in the Bohai sea, where immortals were said to live / (by extension) fairyland 巧妇难为无米之炊 巧婦難為無米之炊 qiǎo fù nán wéi wú mǐ zhī chuī The cleverest housewife cannot cook without rice (idiom) / You won't get anywhere without equipment. 焚琴煮鹤 焚琴煮鶴 fén qín zhǔ hè lit. to burn zithers and cook cranes / fig. to waste valuable resources / to destroy wantonly beautiful things 钓鱼岛及其附属岛屿 釣魚島及其附屬島嶼 Diaoyu Islands / Senkaku Islands / Senkaku / Diaoyu Islands / the Senkaku Islands (Diaoyu Islands) 尖阁列岛 尖閣列島 jiān gé liè dǎo Senkaku Islands (Japanese name for the Diaoyu Islands 釣魚島|钓鱼岛[Diao4 yu2 Dao3]), also known as the Pinnacle Islands 阿瓦鲁阿 阿瓦魯阿 ā wǎ lǔ ā Avarua, capital of the Cook Islands 马尔维纳斯群岛 馬爾維納斯群島 mǎ ěr wéi nà sī qún dǎo Malvinas Islands (also known as Falkland Islands) 南西诸岛 南西諸島 nán xī zhū dǎo Ryukyu Islands / Okinawa 沖繩|冲绳[Chong1 sheng2] and other islands of modern Japan 琉球群岛 琉球群島 liú qiú qún dǎo Ryukyu Islands / Okinawa 沖繩|冲绳[Chong1 sheng2] and other islands of modern Japan 安全岛屿方桉 安全島嶼方案 Safe Islands Programme / Safe Islands Program 饎 chì food / to cook 厨司 廚司 chú sī (dialect) cook / chef 濩 huò cook / dashing of water 库克山 庫克山 kù kè shān Mt Cook on New Zealand South Island, national park and highest peak 库克船长 庫克船長 kù kè chuán zhǎng Captain James Cook (1728-1779), British navigator and explorer 炆 wén (Cantonese) to simmer / to cook over a slow fire 烹煮 pēng zhǔ to cook / to boil 焗 jú (dialect) to cook in salt or sand, inside a sealed pot / to steam / to bake 炼丹八卦炉 煉丹八卦爐 liàn dān bā guà lú eight trigrams furnace to cook pills of immortality / symbol of the alchemist's art / Double, double toil and trouble, Fire burn, and cauldron bubble 煮豆燃萁 zhǔ dòu rán qí burning beanstalks to cook the beans (idiom) / to cause internecine strife syn 厨工 廚工 chú gōng kitchen helper / assistant cook 炊爨 chuī cuàn to light a fire and cook a meal 野炊 yě chuī to cook a meal over a campfire (usu. for a group of people on an outing) / cookout 厨娘 廚娘 chú niáng female cook 下锅 下鍋 xià guō to put into the pot (to cook) 馇 餷 chā to cook and stir (animal feed) / (coll.) to simmer (porridge etc) syn 