做饭 做飯 zuò fàn to prepare a meal / to cook syn 厨师 廚師 chú shī cook / chef syn 编造 編造 biān zào to compile / to draw up / to fabricate / to invent / to concoct / to make up / to cook up syn 起火 qǐ huǒ to catch fire / to cook / to get angry syn 美食 měi shí culinary delicacy / fine food / gourmet food syn 料理 liào lǐ to arrange / to handle / to cook / cuisine / art of cooking syn 厨子 廚子 chú zi cook syn 熟食 shú shí cooked food / prepared food / deli food syn 煮饭 煮飯 zhǔ fàn to cook syn 烹调 烹調 pēng tiáo to cook syn 下厨 下廚 xià chú to go to the kitchen (to prepare a meal) / to cook syn 做菜 zuò cài to cook / cooking syn 油腻 油膩 yóu nì greasy food / oily food / (of food) greasy / oily / fatty / (neologism c. 2017) (of a middle-aged man) obnoxious / pretentious / vulgar syn 佳肴 佳餚 jiā yáo fine food / delicacies / delicious food syn 胡诌 胡謅 hú zhōu to invent crazy nonsense / to cook up (excuses) / to talk at random / wild babble syn 犒劳 犒勞 kào láo to reward with food and drink / to feast (sb) / presents of food etc made to troops / Taiwan pr. [kao4 lao4] syn 酒菜 jiǔ cài food and drink / food to accompany wine syn 烹制 pēng zhì to cook / to prepare (food) syn 食量 shí liàng quantity of food one eats / food intake syn 食疗 食療 shí liáo (TCM) food therapy / treatment via food 炊事员 炊事員 chuī shì yuán cook / kitchen worker syn 灌水 guàn shuǐ to irrigate / to pour water into / to inject water into meat to increase its weight (plumping) / to cook the books / to post low-value messages (small talk etc) on Internet forums 绿色食品 綠色食品 lǜ sè shí pǐn clean, unadulterated food product / organic food 煮熟 zhǔ shóu to boil thoroughly / to cook thoroughly 串烧 串燒 chuàn shāo to cook on a skewer / barbecued food on a skewer / shish kebab / (fig.) to perform or play songs in sequence / sequence of songs / medley 速食 sù shí (of food) fast / instant / (Tw) fast food 菜篮子 菜籃子 cài lán zi vegetable or food basket / (fig.) food supply 食补 食補 shí bǔ tonic food (food considered to be particularly healthful) / to eat such foods 烧菜 燒菜 shāo cài to cook 寒食 hán shí cold food (i.e. to abstain from cooked food for 3 days around the Qingming festival 清明節|清明节) / the Qingming festival 回锅 回鍋 huí guō to cook again / to rewarm food syn 掌勺 zhǎng sháo to be in charge of the cooking / to be the chef / head cook / chef syn 烧煮 燒煮 shāo zhǔ to cook 烧 燒 shāo to burn / to cook / to stew / to bake / to roast / to heat / to boil (tea, water etc) / fever / to run a temperature / (coll.) to let things go to one's head syn 煮 zhǔ to cook / to boil syn 熬 áo to cook on a slow fire / to extract by heating / to decoct / to endure syn 涮 shuàn to rinse / to trick / to fool sb / to cook by dipping finely sliced ingredients briefly in boiling water or soup (generally done at the dining table) syn 库克 庫克 kù kè Cook (name) / Captain James Cook (1728-1779), British navigator and explorer 煲 bāo to cook slowly over a low flame / pot / saucepan syn 焖 燜 mèn to cook in a covered vessel / to casserole / to stew syn 烩 燴 huì to braise / to cook (rice etc) with vegetables, meat and water syn 烹 pēng to boil / to brew (tea) / to cook by briefly stir-frying and then mixing in sauce / (old) to boil to death (judicial punishment in ancient times) syn 馏 餾 liù to steam / to cook in a steamer / to reheat cold food by steaming it syn 伙夫 huǒ fū mess cook (old) syn 罗织 羅織 luó zhī to frame sb / to cook up imaginary charges against sb syn 庖厨 庖廚 páo chú kitchen / cook / chef syn 炝 熗 qiàng to briefly boil (a vegetable etc), then dress with soy sauce, oil, vinegar etc / to briefly stir-fry (meat, chopped spring onions etc), then add to other ingredients and cook further syn 爨 cuàn cooking-stove / to cook 烀 hū to cook in a small quantity of water syn 就 jiù (after a suppositional clause) in that case / then / (after a clause of action) as soon as / immediately after / (same as 就是[jiu4 shi4]) merely / nothing else but / simply / just / precisely / exactly / only / as little as / as much as / as many as / to approach / to move towards / to undertake / to engage in / (often followed by 著|着[zhe5]) taking advantage of / (of food) to go with / with regard to / concerning / (pattern: 就[jiu4] ... 也[ye3] ...) even if ... still ... / (pattern: 不[bu4] ... 就[jiu4] ...) if not ... then must be ... syn 点 點 diǎn point / dot / drop / speck / o'clock / point (in space or time) / to draw a dot / to check on a list / to choose / to order (food in a restaurant) / to touch briefly / to hint / to light / to ignite / to pour a liquid drop by drop / (old) one fifth of a two-hour watch 更[geng1] / dot stroke in Chinese characters / classifier for items syn 面 麵 miàn flour / noodles / (of food) soft (not crunchy) / (slang) (of a person) ineffectual / spineless syn 食物 shí wù food / CL:種|种[zhong3] syn 调 調 tiáo to harmonize / to reconcile / to blend / to suit well / to adjust / to regulate / to season (food) / to provoke / to incite syn 新鲜 新鮮 xīn xiān fresh (experience, food etc) / freshness / novel / uncommon syn 美味 měi wèi delicious / delicious food / delicacy syn 食品 shí pǐn foodstuff / food / provisions / CL:種|种[zhong3] syn 口味 kǒu wèi a person's preferences / tastes (in food) / flavor syn 品味 pǐn wèi to sample / to taste / to appreciate / one's taste (i.e. in music, literature, fashion, food and drink etc) / good taste syn 脂肪 zhī fáng fat (in the body, in a plant, or in food) syn 消化 xiāo huà to digest (food) / (fig.) to absorb (information etc) / to assimilate / to process syn 冷冻 冷凍 lěng dòng to freeze (food etc) / (of weather) freezing syn 饮食 飲食 yǐn shí eating and drinking / food and drink / diet syn 素食 sù shí vegetarian food / to eat a vegetarian diet syn 快餐 kuài cān fast food / snack / quick meal 节食 節食 jié shí to save food / to go on a diet 饭菜 飯菜 fàn cài food syn 小吃 xiǎo chī street food / snack syn 烟火 煙火 yān huǒ smoke and fire / cooked food / (literary) beacon fire / (literary) descendants / posterity syn 中餐 zhōng cān lunch / Chinese meal / Chinese food / CL:份[fen4],頓|顿[dun4] 鸡翅 雞翅 jī chì chicken wings (fast food) 饭桶 飯桶 fàn tǒng rice tub (from which cooked rice or other food is served) / (fig.) fathead / a good-for-nothing syn 变质 變質 biàn zhì to degenerate / to deteriorate / (of food) to go bad / to go off / (geology) metamorphism syn 冷藏 lěng cáng refrigeration / cold storage / to keep (food, medicine) in cold environment 食物中毒 shí wù zhòng dú food poisoning 精光 jīng guāng nothing left (money, food etc) / all finished / bright and shiny / radiant / glorious syn 快餐店 kuài cān diàn fast food shop syn 鲜活 鮮活 xiān huó vivid / lively / (of food ingredients) live or fresh syn 伙食 huǒ shí food / meals syn 餐饮 餐飲 cān yǐn food and beverage / catering / repast syn 剩菜 shèng cài leftovers (food) 食物链 食物鏈 shí wù liàn food chain 什锦 什錦 shí jǐn (food) assorted / mixed / assortment syn 搅拌机 攪拌機 jiǎo bàn jī blender / food mixer 外带 外帶 wài dài take-out (fast food) / (outer part of) tire / as well / besides / into the bargain / outer zone syn 捕食 bǔ shí to prey on / to catch and feed on / to hunt for food 食道 shí dào esophagus / gullet / (old) the proper way to eat / (old) food transportation route syn 口感 kǒu gǎn mouthfeel / texture (of food) 狼吞虎咽 狼吞虎嚥 láng tūn hǔ yàn to wolf down one's food (idiom) / to devour ravenously / to gorge oneself syn 酒味 jiǔ wèi smell of alcohol / flavoring of rum or other liquor in food / aroma or nose (of wine) 卡夫 kǎ fū Kraft, US food company 觅食 覓食 mì shí to forage / to hunt for food / to scavenge / fig. to make a living 剩饭 剩飯 shèng fàn leftover food 要饭 要飯 yào fàn to beg (for food or money) syn 清淡 qīng dàn light (of food, not greasy or strongly flavored) / insipid / slack (sales) syn 衣食 yī shí clothes and food syn 蜜饯 蜜餞 mì jiàn food preserved in sugar or honey syn 熊掌 xióng zhǎng bear paw (as food) 膳食 shàn shí meals / food syn 