开火 開火 kāi huǒ to open fire / to start shooting / to light the flame (for cooking) syn 出门 出門 chū mén to go out / to leave home / to go on a journey / away from home / (of a woman) to get married 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 家居 jiā jū home / residence / to stay at home (unemployed) syn 主场 主場 zhǔ chǎng (sports) home ground / home field / (sports) home game / main venue (for a festival etc) 做菜 zuò cài to cook / cooking syn 居家 jū jiā to live at home / to stay at home / home (schooling etc) / in-home (care etc) / household (repairs etc) / living (environment etc) syn 禁烟 禁煙 jìn yān to ban smoking / to quit smoking / to prohibit cooking / prohibition on opium (esp. in China from 1729) 和风 和風 hé fēng breeze / (Tw) Japanese-style (cooking etc) syn 宾至如归 賓至如歸 bīn zhì rú guī guests feel at home (in a hotel, guest house etc) / a home away from home 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 恋家 戀家 liàn jiā home-loving / to feel a strong attachment to home life / to begrudge being away from home syn 敬老院 jìng lǎo yuàn senior citizens' home / old folks' home 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) 临门 臨門 lín mén to arrive home / facing one's home / home-coming / (soccer) facing the goalmouth 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 家庭影院 jiā tíng yǐng yuàn home cinema / home theater 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) 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 宅 zhái residence / (coll.) to stay in at home / to hang around at home 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 叶落归根 葉落歸根 yè luò guī gēn a falling leaf returns to the roots (idiom) / everything has its ancestral home / In old age, an expatriate longs to return home. 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 本垒 本壘 běn lěi (baseball) home base / home plate 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 家 jiā home / family / (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) / classifier for families or businesses / refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China / noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 回家 huí jiā to return home syn 家里 家裡 jiā lǐ home syn 在家 zài jiā to be at home / (at a workplace) to be in (as opposed to being away on official business 出差[chu1chai1]) / (Buddhism etc) to remain a layman (as opposed to becoming a monk or a nun 出家[chu1jia1]) 出走 chū zǒu to leave home / to go off / to run away syn 家园 家園 jiā yuán home / homeland syn 老家 lǎo jiā native place / place of origin / home state or region syn 请便 請便 qǐng biàn Please do as you wish! / You are welcome to do whatever you like! / Please make yourself at home. syn 外边 外邊 wài bian outside / outer surface / abroad / place other than one's home syn 故乡 故鄉 gù xiāng home / homeland / native place / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 府 fǔ seat of government / government repository (archive) / official residence / mansion / presidential palace / (honorific) Your home / prefecture (from Tang to Qing times) syn 养老院 養老院 yǎng lǎo yuàn nursing home syn 归宿 歸宿 guī sù place to return to / home / final destination / ending 屋檐 屋簷 wū yán eaves / roof (i.e. home) syn 回国 回國 huí guó to return to one's home country 主页 主頁 zhǔ yè home page 家用 jiā yòng home-use / domestic / family expenses / housekeeping money syn 娘家 niáng jia married woman's parents' home syn 家常便饭 家常便飯 jiā cháng biàn fàn simple home-style meal / common occurrence / nothing out of the ordinary syn 土生土长 土生土長 tǔ shēng tǔ zhǎng locally born and bred / indigenous / home-grown syn 远行 遠行 yuǎn xíng a long journey / far from home syn 安家 ān jiā to settle down / to set up a home syn 登门 登門 dēng mén to visit sb at home syn 异乡 異鄉 yì xiāng foreign land / a place far from home syn 乡亲 鄉親 xiāng qīn fellow countryman (from the same village) / local people / villager / the folks back home syn 平淡无奇 平淡無奇 píng dàn wú qí ordinary and mediocre (idiom) / nothing to write home about syn 寒舍 hán shè my humble home syn 出诊 出診 chū zhěn to visit a patient at home (of a doctor) / house call 抛售 拋售 pāo shòu to dump (selling abroad more cheaply than cost price at home) syn 容身 róng shēn to find a place where one can fit in / to make one's home / to seek shelter syn 随遇而安 隨遇而安 suí yù ér ān at home wherever one is (idiom) / ready to adapt / flexible / to accept circumstances with good will syn 串门 串門 chuàn mén to call on sb / to drop in / to visit sb's home syn 静默 靜默 jìng mò silent / still / quiet / to mourn in silence / to observe silence / (neologism c. 2022) to stay at home during a pandemic syn 闯荡 闖盪 chuǎng dàng to leave home to make one's way in the world / to leave the life one knows to seek success syn 探亲 探親 tàn qīn to go home to visit one's family syn 安身 ān shēn to make one's home / to take shelter syn 新居 xīn jū new residence / new home 寄居 jì jū to live away from home syn 迎娶 yíng qǔ (of a groom) to fetch one's bride from her parents' home to escort her to the wedding ceremony / (fig.) to take as one's wife / to marry (a woman) syn 返乡 返鄉 fǎn xiāng to return to one's home town syn 流离失所 流離失所 liú lí shī suǒ destitute and homeless (idiom) / forced from one's home and wandering about / displaced syn 