鬲 lì ancient ceramic three-legged vessel used for cooking with cord markings on the outside and hollow legs 彝 彞 yí (archaic) wine vessel / (archaic) sacrificial vessel / (literary) rule / convention 反应堆容器，反应堆压力壳 反應堆容器，反應堆壓力殼 nuclear reactor vessel / reactor vessel 化学溶液保存容器 化學溶液保存容器 huà xué róng yè bǎo cún róng qì chemical holding vessel / chemical storage vessel 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 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 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 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 料酒 liào jiǔ cooking wine 家常菜 jiā cháng cài home cooking 主料 zhǔ liào main ingredients (in a cooking recipe) 灶具 zào jù stove / cooker / (dialect) cooking utensils syn 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 慢火 màn huǒ low heat (cooking) 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 面糊 麵糊 miàn hù panada / cooked flour paste / flour paste (used in crafts) / batter (used in cooking) / Taiwan pr. [mian4hu2] syn 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 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 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 爪 zhuǎ (coll.) foot of an animal or bird / (coll.) foot supporting a cooking pot etc 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 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 爨 cuàn cooking-stove / to cook 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 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) 连锅端 連鍋端 lián guō duān to take even the cooking pots (idiom) / to clean out / to wipe out syn 罉 chēng (dialect) cooking pot / variant of 鐺|铛[cheng1] 锅灶 鍋灶 guō zào stove / cooking burner syn 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) 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 容器 róng qì receptacle / vessel / (computing) container syn 船只 船隻 chuán zhī ship / boat / vessel syn 军舰 軍艦 jūn jiàn warship / military naval vessel / CL:艘[sou1] syn 舰艇 艦艇 jiàn tǐng warship / naval vessel syn 牛头 牛頭 niú tóu ox head / ox-head shaped wine vessel 导管 導管 dǎo guǎn duct / pipe / conduit / (botany) vessel / (medicine) catheter 压力容器 壓力容器 yā lì róng qì pressure vessel / autoclave 游弋 遊弋 yóu yì (of a naval vessel) to cruise / to patrol / (of ducks, boats etc) to move about on a lake or river etc syn 大动脉 大動脈 dà dòng mài main artery (blood vessel) / fig. main highway / arterial road syn 酒具 jiǔ jù wine vessel / wine cup syn 租船 zū chuán to charter a ship / to take a vessel on rent 船舰 船艦 chuán jiàn navy vessel / (coast guard) patrol boat 酒器 jiǔ qì drinking vessel / wine cup syn 搅拌车 攪拌車 agitated tank / agitated vessel 