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 采油 採油 cǎi yóu oil extraction / oil recovery 炊事 chuī shì cooking syn 香油 xiāng yóu sesame oil / perfumed oil syn 炒菜 chǎo cài to stir-fry / to do the cooking / stir-fried dish 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) 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 菜油 cài yóu rapeseed oil / canola oil syn 桐油 tóng yóu tung oil, from the Japanese wood-oil tree Aleurites cordata, used in making lacquer 含油 hán yóu containing oil / oil-bearing 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) 漏油 lòu yóu oil spill / oil leak / (fig.) boo! (opposite of 加油[jia1 you2]) 重油 zhòng yóu (petrochemistry) heavy oil / fuel oil 三鲜 三鮮 sān xiān three fresh ingredients (in cooking) 拔丝 拔絲 bá sī wire drawing / candied floss (cooking) / spun sugar or toffee (coating) syn 慢火 màn huǒ low heat (cooking) 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 油 yóu oil / fat / grease / petroleum / to apply tung oil, paint or varnish / oily / greasy / glib / cunning 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 油料作物 yóu liào zuò wù oil crop (rape, peanut, soy, sesame etc) / oil-bearing crop 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 加油 jiā yóu to add oil / to top up with gas / to refuel / to accelerate / to step on the gas / (fig.) to make an extra effort / to cheer sb on syn 石油 shí yóu oil / petroleum syn 油漆 yóu qī oil paints / lacquer / to paint / CL:層|层[ceng2] syn 油画 油畫 yóu huà oil painting 油箱 yóu xiāng oil tank 储藏 儲藏 chǔ cáng to store / deposit / (oil, mineral etc) deposits syn 油井 yóu jǐng oil well 油脂 yóu zhī grease / oil / fat 润滑油 潤滑油 rùn huá yóu lubricating oil syn 油田 yóu tián oil field 机油 機油 jī yóu engine oil 燃油 rán yóu fuel oil 橄榄油 橄欖油 gǎn lǎn yóu olive oil 压榨 壓榨 yā zhà to press / to squeeze / to extract juice, oil etc by squeezing syn 炼油厂 煉油廠 liàn yóu chǎng oil refinery 油价 油價 yóu jià oil (petroleum) price 钻井 鑽井 zuàn jǐng to drill (e.g. for oil) / a borehole syn 原油 yuán yóu crude oil syn 天花 tiān huā smallpox / ceiling / stamen of corn / (old) snow / (dialect) sesame oil 油管 yóu guǎn oil pipe / (slang) YouTube 植物油 zhí wù yóu vegetable oil 油泵 yóu bèng oil pump 灯罩 燈罩 dēng zhào cover of lamp / lampshade / glass cover of oil lamp syn 勘探 kān tàn to explore / to survey / to prospect (for oil etc) / prospecting syn 开夜车 開夜車 kāi yè chē to burn the midnight oil / to work late into the night syn 油污 yóu wū greasy dirt / sludge (from an oil spill) 油料 yóu liào oilseed / oil / fuel 蓖麻 bì má castor-oil plant syn 储量 儲量 chǔ liàng remaining quantity / reserves (of natural resources, oil etc) 油灯 油燈 yóu dēng oil lamp syn 油船 yóu chuán (oil) tanker / tank ship 火上加油 huǒ shàng jiā yóu to add oil to the fire (idiom) / fig. to aggravate a situation / to enrage people and make matters worse syn 麻油 má yóu sesame oil syn 油气 油氣 yóu qì oil and gas 豆油 dòu yóu soy bean oil / (dialect) soy sauce 鱼肝油 魚肝油 yú gān yóu cod liver oil 芝麻油 zhī ma yóu sesame oil syn 燃料油 rán liào yóu fuel oil 棕榈油 棕櫚油 zōng lǘ yóu palm oil 色拉油 sè lā yóu salad oil 炼油 煉油 liàn yóu oil refinery 管路 guǎn lù piping (for water, oil, etc) / conduit 榨油 zhà yóu to extract oil from vegetables / to press 