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 挂车 掛車 guà chē trailer syn 炊事 chuī shì cooking 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 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 预告片 預告片 yù gào piàn trailer (for a movie) 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 片花 piàn huā trailer (for a movie) 文火 wén huǒ small flame (when cooking, simmering etc) 三鲜 三鮮 sān xiān three fresh ingredients (in cooking) 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) 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 拖斗 tuō dǒu small open trailer 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 轻型油罐车 輕型油罐車 light fuel trailer / light refuelling trailer 冷藏挂车 冷藏掛車 refrigerated trailer / fridge trailer 重型油罐车 重型油罐車 heavy fuel trailer / heavy refuelling trailer 中型加油车 中型加油車 medium fuel trailer / medium refuelling trailer 活动房屋 活動房屋 huó dòng fáng wū prefabricated building / prefab / mobile home / caravan / trailer 拖车头 拖車頭 tuō chē tóu trailer truck 重型运水拖车 heavy water trailer 平板挂车 flatbed trailer 中型运货拖车 medium cargo trailer 航空燃料油罐车 aviation fuel trailer 轻型运水拖车 輕型運水拖車 light water trailer 轻型运货拖车 輕型運貨拖車 light cargo trailer 中型运水拖车 中型運水拖車 medium water trailer VSAT拖车 VSAT拖車 VSAT trailer 低货台挂车 低貨臺掛車 lowbed trailer 双轮冷藏拖车 雙輪冷藏拖車 refrigerator semi-trailer 通信配套拖车 通信配套拖車 communications suite trailer 重型运货拖车 重型運貨拖車 heavy cargo trailer 冷藏拖车 冷藏拖車 refrigerated trailer 淋浴拖车 淋浴拖車 shower trailer 浴室拖车 浴室拖車 ablution trailer 宿舍拖车 宿舍拖車 accommodation trailer 保修服务拖车 保修服務拖車 servicing trailer 牵引车和70吨挂车 牽引車和70噸掛車 tractor and 70-ton trailer 地雷起爆拖车 地雷起爆拖車 mine-detonation trailer 拖挂车 拖掛車 tuō guà chē 18-wheeler / big rig / semi-trailer 联结车 聯結車 lián jié chē (Tw) 18-wheeler / big rig / semi-trailer 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 氽烫 氽燙 tǔn tàng to blanch (cooking) 