点心 點心 diǎn xin light refreshments / pastry / dim sum (in Cantonese cooking) / dessert syn 烹饪 烹飪 pēng rèn cooking / culinary arts syn 灶具 zào jù stove / cooker / (dialect) cooking utensils syn 炉灶 爐灶 lú zào stove syn 慢火 màn huǒ low heat (cooking) 掌勺 zhǎng sháo to be in charge of the cooking / to be the chef / head cook / chef syn 炉台 爐臺 lú tái stove top / hob 爪 zhuǎ (coll.) foot of an animal or bird / (coll.) foot supporting a cooking pot etc 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 配方 pèi fāng prescription / cooking recipe / formulation / completing the square (to solve quadratic equation, math.) syn 料理 liào lǐ to arrange / to handle / to cook / cuisine / art of cooking 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 配料 pèi liào ingredients (in a cooking recipe) / to mix materials according to directions 和风 和風 hé fēng breeze / (Tw) Japanese-style (cooking etc) syn 烘干 烘乾 hōng gān to dry over a stove 开火 開火 kāi huǒ to open fire / to start shooting / to light the flame (for cooking) syn 厨艺 廚藝 chú yì cooking skills / culinary talent 做菜 zuò cài to cook / cooking syn 炒菜 chǎo cài to stir-fry / to do the cooking / stir-fried dish 火炉 火爐 huǒ lú stove syn 料酒 liào jiǔ cooking wine 家常菜 jiā cháng cài home cooking 炉子 爐子 lú zi stove / oven / furnace syn 炉火纯青 爐火純青 lú huǒ chún qīng lit. the stove fire has turned bright green (allusion to Daoist alchemy) (idiom) / fig. (of an art, a technique etc) brought to the point of perfection syn 主料 zhǔ liào main ingredients (in a cooking recipe) 电炉 電爐 diàn lú electric stove / hot plate 炉火 爐火 lú huǒ the fire of a stove 调匀 調勻 tiáo yún to blend (cooking) / to mix evenly syn 文火 wén huǒ small flame (when cooking, simmering etc) 夹心 夾心 jiā xīn to fill with stuffing (e.g. in cooking) / stuffed 烧火 燒火 shāo huǒ to light a fire for cooking syn 炊具 chuī jù cooking utensils / cookware / cooker 禁烟 禁煙 jìn yān to ban smoking / to quit smoking / to prohibit cooking / prohibition on opium (esp. in China from 1729) 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) 三鲜 三鮮 sān xiān three fresh ingredients (in cooking) 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 食油 shí yóu cooking oil syn 拔丝 拔絲 bá sī wire drawing / candied floss (cooking) / spun sugar or toffee (coating) syn 炊事 chuī shì cooking syn 腐竹 fǔ zhú rolls of dried soymilk cream (used in cooking after being rehydrated) 便饭 便飯 biàn fàn an ordinary meal / simple home cooking syn 炉膛 爐膛 lú táng furnace chamber / stove chamber 面糊 麵糊 miàn hù panada / cooked flour paste / flour paste (used in crafts) / batter (used in cooking) / Taiwan pr. [mian4hu2] syn 煤炉 煤爐 méi lú coal stove 食法 shí fǎ cooking method 炉渣 爐渣 lú zhā furnace slag / ashes from a stove 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 地沟油 地溝油 dì gōu yóu illegally recycled waste cooking oil 填鸭 tián yā to force-feed ducks / (cooking) stuffed duck 拔火罐 bá huǒ guàn (TCM) to cup / to give a cupping treatment / short detachable stove chimney used to help draw fire 汽锅 汽鍋 qì guō steamer (for cooking) 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 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 镐 鎬 hào bright / place name / stove syn 陉 陘 xíng border the stove / defile / pass 鬲 lì ancient ceramic three-legged vessel used for cooking with cord markings on the outside and hollow legs 竈 zào variant of 灶, kitchen stove / furnace 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 连锅端 連鍋端 lián guō duān to take even the cooking pots (idiom) / to clean out / to wipe out syn 炉架 爐架 lú jià stove stand / grate (supporting a pot over the stove) / grate (in a fireplace) / oven rack 土灶 tǔ zào earthen stove / clay stove (typically wood-fired) 锅灶 鍋灶 guō zào stove / cooking burner syn 烓 wēi three-cornered stove 大灶 dà zào large kitchen stove made from bricks or earth / (PRC) ordinary mess hall (lowest dining standard, ranked below 中灶[zhong1 zao4] for mid-level cadres and 小灶[xiao3 zao4] for the most privileged) 生物灶 shēng wù zào biomass stove 厨拉炉 chú lā lú chula / chula stove 肯尼亚陶瓷炉 肯尼亞陶瓷爐 kěn ní yà táo cí lú ceramic Jiko stove 节省燃料的炉灶 節省燃料的爐竈 fuel-efficient stove 中式煤气灶 中式煤氣竈 Chinese gas stove Anagi灶 ànagizao Anagi stove Maendeleo灶 màendeleozao Maendeleo stove 泥灶 泥竈 mud stove 洛式灶 luò shì zào Lorena stove 诺福里灶 諾福里灶 nuò fú lǐ zào Noflie stove 柴灶 chái zào wood stove 倒烟 倒煙 dào yān to have smoke billowing from a fireplace or stove (due to a blockage in the chimney) 老虎灶 lǎo hǔ zào old-style large kitchen stove 卡式炉 卡式爐 kǎ shì lú portable gas stove (fueled by a gas cartridge) 灶火 zào huo stove / kitchen 围炉 圍爐 wéi lú to gather around the stove / (Tw) to come together for a family dinner on Chinese New Year's Eve 炉火纯青 爐火純青 lú huǒ - chún qīng lit. the stove fire has turned bright green (allusion to Daoist alchemy) (idiom) / fig. (of an art, a technique etc) brought to the point of perfection syn 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 