灶
zào
Pinyin

Definition

灶
 - 
zào
  1. kitchen stove
  2. kitchen
灶
 - 
zào
  1. variant of 灶[zào]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (15)

灶
zào
  1. 1 kitchen stove
  2. 2 kitchen
灶君
Zào jūn
  1. 1 Zaoshen, the god of the kitchen
  2. 2 also written 灶神
灶王
Zào wáng
  1. 1 Zaoshen, the god of the kitchen
  2. 2 also written 灶神
灶王爷
Zào wáng yé
  1. 1 Zaoshen, the god of the kitchen
  2. 2 also written 灶神
灶神
Zào shén
  1. 1 Zaoshen, the god of the kitchen
炉灶
lú zào
  1. 1 stove
祭灶
jì zào
  1. 1 to offer sacrifices to the kitchen god
大灶
dà zào
  1. 1 large kitchen stove made from bricks or earth
  2. 2 (PRC) ordinary mess hall (lowest dining standard, ranked below 中灶[zhōng zào] for mid-level cadres and 小灶[xiǎo zào] for the most privileged)
小灶
xiǎo zào
  1. 1 mess hall for high-ranking cadres
  2. 2 (fig.) special treatment
  3. 3 cf. 大灶[dà zào]
灶具
zào jù
  1. 1 stove
  2. 2 cooker
  3. 3 (dialect) cooking utensils
灶间
zào jiān
  1. 1 kitchen (dialect)
  2. 2 CL:間|间[jiān]
灶马
zào mǎ
  1. 1 camel cricket
  2. 2 Diestrammena japonica
病灶
bìng zào
  1. 1 focus of infection
  2. 2 lesion
  3. 3 nidus
锅灶
guō zào
  1. 1 stove
  2. 2 cooking burner
开小灶
kāi xiǎo zào
  1. 1 to give preferential treatment
  2. 2 to give special attention

Idioms (2)

另起炉灶
lìng qǐ lú zào
  1. 1 lit. to set up a separate kitchen (idiom); to start from scratch
  2. 2 back to square one
  3. 3 to start of on a new path
重起炉灶
chóng qǐ lú zào
  1. 1 to start over from scratch (idiom)

Sample Sentences

冷静冷静！先喘口气，又是什么狗屁倒灶的事惹到你啦？
lěngjìng lěngjìng ！xiān chuǎn kǒu qì ，yòushì shénme gǒupìdǎozào de shì rě dào nǐ la ？
Calm down! Calm down! First take a breath. What nonsense has you all riled up now?
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哦，我知道。就是祭灶神的时候。
ō ，wǒ zhīdào 。jiùshì jì zàoshén de shíhou 。
Oh, I know, this is the time when you worship the Kitchen God.
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那个青年人在房间里找到了一个大水壶和一个小火灶。他把水壶灌满水之后，却发现没有柴。于是，青年人便到门外找了一些柴回来。可是水壶太大，而柴太少，水没有烧开。
nàge qīngniánrén zài fángjiān lǐ zhǎodào le yī gè dà shuǐhú hé yī gè xiǎo huǒzào 。tā bǎ shuǐhú guàn mǎn shuǐ zhīhòu ，què fāxiàn méiyǒu chái 。yúshì ，qīngniánrén biàn dào ménwài zhǎo le yīxiē chái huílai 。kěshì shuǐhú tài dà ，ér chái tài shǎo ，shuǐ méiyǒu shāokāi 。
The young man found a big water kettle and a little stove. After filling up the kettle, he realized he didn't have any firewood so he went out and collected some. However, the kettle was too large and there wasn't enough firewood. The water wouldn't boil.
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厨房这里有个问题。灶台怎么不在抽油烟机下面？
chúfáng zhèlǐ yǒu ge wèntí 。zàotái zěnme bù zài chōuyóuyānjī xiàmian ？
There's a problem here with the kitchen. Why aren't the burners underneath the range hood?
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