开火 開火 kāi huǒ to open fire / to start shooting / to light the flame (for cooking) syn 点心 點心 diǎn xin light refreshments / pastry / dim sum (in Cantonese cooking) / dessert syn 配方 pèi fāng prescription / cooking recipe / formulation / completing the square (to solve quadratic equation, math.) syn 烹饪 烹飪 pēng rèn cooking / culinary arts syn 料理 liào lǐ to arrange / to handle / to cook / cuisine / art of cooking syn 夹心 夾心 jiā xīn to fill with stuffing (e.g. in cooking) / stuffed 配料 pèi liào ingredients (in a cooking recipe) / to mix materials according to directions 做菜 zuò cài to cook / 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) 家常菜 jiā cháng cài home cooking 和风 和風 hé fēng breeze / (Tw) Japanese-style (cooking etc) syn 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 炊事 chuī shì cooking syn 炒菜 chǎo cài to stir-fry / to do the cooking / stir-fried dish 香炉 香爐 xiāng lú a censer (for burning incense) / incense burner / thurible 束之高阁 束之高閣 shù zhī gāo gé tied up in a bundle on a high shelf / to put sth on the back burner / no longer a high priority syn 炊具 chuī jù cooking utensils / cookware / cooker 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) 回火 huí huǒ to temper (iron) / to flare back / flareback (in a gas burner) / (of an engine) to backfire 烧火 燒火 shāo huǒ to light a fire for cooking syn 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 调匀 調勻 tiáo yún to blend (cooking) / to mix evenly syn 刻录机 刻錄機 kè lù jī disk burner 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 厨艺 廚藝 chú yì cooking skills / culinary talent 料酒 liào jiǔ cooking wine 主料 zhǔ liào main ingredients (in a cooking recipe) 灶具 zào jù stove / cooker / (dialect) cooking utensils syn 文火 wén huǒ small flame (when cooking, simmering etc) 三鲜 三鮮 sān xiān three fresh ingredients (in cooking) 灯头 燈頭 dēng tóu electric light socket / burner (component of a kerosene lamp) / light (as a countable item, e.g. number of lights fitted in a house) 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) 香案 xiāng àn incense burner table 腐竹 fǔ zhú rolls of dried soymilk cream (used in cooking after being rehydrated) 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 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 蒸 zhēng to evaporate / (of cooking) to steam / torch made from hemp stalks or bamboo (old) / finely chopped firewood (old) 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 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 填鸭 tián yā to force-feed ducks / (cooking) stuffed duck 地沟油 地溝油 dì gōu yóu illegally recycled waste cooking oil 汽锅 汽鍋 qì guō steamer (for cooking) 爪 zhuǎ (coll.) foot of an animal or bird / (coll.) foot supporting a cooking pot etc 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 连锅端 連鍋端 lián guō duān to take even the cooking pots (idiom) / to clean out / to wipe out syn 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 本生灯 本生燈 běn shēng dēng Bunsen burner syn 灶眼 zào yǎn stovetop burner 香几 xiāng jī a small table to accommodate an incense burner 催化燃烧器 cuī huà rán shāo qì catalytic burner 废气燃烧装置 廢气燃燒裝置 fèi qì rán shāo zhuāng zhì waste gas burner 上焦 shàng jiāo (TCM) upper burner, the part of the body within the thoracic cavity (above the diaphragm, including the heart and lungs) 下焦 xià jiāo (TCM) lower burner, the part of the body within the pelvic cavity (below the navel, including the kidneys, bladder and intestines) 中焦 zhōng jiāo (TCM) middle burner, the part of the body within the abdominal cavity (between the diaphragm and the navel, including the spleen and stomach) 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) 罉 chēng (dialect) cooking pot / variant of 鐺|铛[cheng1] 纸火锅 紙火鍋 zhǐ huǒ guō paper hot pot (hot pot using a single-use pot made of Japanese washi paper with a special coating to prevent burning and leaking, used for cooking at the dining table) 底料 dǐ liào base ingredient / base (cooking) / primer (paint) 屉子 屜子 tì zi drawer / stackable cooking vessel / woven mat on a bed frame or chair / woven window screen syn 急火 jí huǒ brisk heat (cooking) / (TCM) internal heat generated by anxiety 火色 huǒ sè (dialect) intensity of the fire (in cooking, kiln firing etc) 锅铲 鍋鏟 guō chǎn wok spatula / cooking spatula 刁斗 diāo dǒu soldier's copper saucepan, used for cooking food by day and for sounding the night watches during the hours of darkness (in ancient times) 支子 zhī zi support / stand / trivet / (cooking utensil) gridiron / (variant of 梔子|栀子[zhi1 zi5]) cape jasmine 蛋炒饭节 蛋炒飯節 dàn chǎo fàn jié Fried Rice with Egg Festival, informally observed annually on November 25 as the anniversary of the death in 1950 of Mao Zedong's son Mao Anying, by people who are grateful that Mao's grip on China did not extend to a second generation (The younger Mao died in an American air raid in Korea, and, according to a popular account, his death was the result of cooking fried rice with egg, which produced smoke detected by US forces.) 味醂 wèi lín mirin, a Japanese cooking wine 烟火气 煙火氣 yān huǒ qì cooking smells / (fig.) lively atmosphere 避风塘 避風塘 bì fēng táng typhoon shelter (a cove where boats shelter from strong winds and rough seas, esp. in Hong Kong) / (attributive) typhoon shelter-style, a cooking method associated with those who lived on boats in the coves, where crab, prawn or other meat is fried and flavored with spices and black beans 