煮 zhǔ to cook / to boil 做 饭 zuò fàn to prepare a meal / to cook 厨 师 chú shī cook / chef 料 理 liào lǐ to arrange / to handle / to cook / cuisine / art of cooking 起 火 qǐ huǒ to catch fire / to cook / to get angry 烹 调 pēng tiáo to cook / cooking 做 菜 zuò cài to cook / cooking 煮 饭 zhǔ fàn to cook 下 厨 xià chú to go to the kitchen (to prepare a meal) / to cook 厨 子 chú zi cook 烹 制 pēng zhì to cook / to prepare (food) 烧 菜 shāo cài to cook 炊 事 员 chuī shì yuán cook / kitchen worker 烧 煮 shāo zhǔ to cook 庖 厨 páo chú kitchen / cook / chef 烧 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 爨 cuàn cooking-stove / to cook 饎 chì food / to cook 濩 huò cook / dashing of water 烹 煮 pēng zhǔ to cook / to boil 库 克 Kù kè Cook (name) / Captain James Cook (1728-1779), British navigator and explorer 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 煮 熟 zhǔ shóu to boil thoroughly / to cook thoroughly 串 烧 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 编 造 biān zào to compile / to draw up / to fabricate / to invent / to concoct / to make up / to cook up 胡 诌 hú zhōu to invent crazy nonsense / to cook up (excuses) / to talk at random / wild babble 回 锅 huí guō to cook again / to rewarm food 掌 勺 zhǎng sháo to be in charge of the cooking / to be the chef / head cook / chef 罗 织 luó zhī to frame sb / to cook up imaginary charges against sb 伙 夫 huǒ fū mess cook (old) 熬 áo to cook on a slow fire / to extract by heating / to decoct / to endure 炊 chuī to cook food 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) 馏 liù to steam / to cook in a steamer / to reheat cold food by steaming it 烩 huì to braise / to cook in soy and vinegar / braised / cooked in soy and vinegar 煲 bāo to cook slowly over a low flame / pot / saucepan 焖 mèn to cook in a covered vessel / to casserole / to stew 炝 qiàng to stir-fry then cook with sauce and water / to boil food briefly then dress with soy etc / to choke / to irritate (throat etc) 烀 hū to cook in a small quantity of water 巧 妇 难 为 无 米 之 炊 qiǎo fù nán wéi wú mǐ zhī chuī The cleverest housewife cannot cook without rice (idiom) / You won't get anywhere without equipment. 焚 琴 煮 鹤 fén qín zhǔ hè lit. to burn zithers and cook cranes / fig. to waste valuable resources / to destroy wantonly beautiful things 库 克 群 岛 Kù kè Qún dǎo Cook Islands 厨 司 chú sī cook, chef 厨 工 chú gōng kitchen helper / assistant cook 库 克 山 Kù kè shān Mt Cook on New Zealand South Island, national park and highest peak 库 克 船 长 Kù kè chuán zhǎng Captain James Cook (1728-1779), British navigator and explorer 炆 wén (Cantonese) to simmer / to cook over a slow fire 焗 jú (dialect) to cook in salt or sand, inside a sealed pot / to steam / to bake 炼 丹 八 卦 炉 liàn dān bā guà lú eight trigrams furnace to cook pills of immortality / symbol of the alchemist's art / Double, double toil and trouble, Fire burn, and cauldron bubble 煮 豆 燃 萁 zhǔ dòu rán qí burning beanstalks to cook the beans (idiom) / to cause internecine strife 阿 瓦 鲁 阿 A1 wǎ lǔ ā Avarua, capital of the Cook Islands 炊 爨 chuī cuàn to light a fire and cook a meal 野 炊 yě chuī to cook a meal over a campfire (usu. for a group of people on an outing) / cookout 厨 娘 chú niáng female cook