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zào

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Definitions

  1. 1. kitchen stove
  2. 2. kitchen; mess; canteen

Words Containing 灶

大灶
dà zào

large kitchen stove made from bricks or earth

灶台
zào tái

stovetop; rangetop

灶具
zào jù

stove

家灶
jiā zào

hearth

倒灶
dǎo zào

to fall (from power)

辞灶
cí zào

see 送灶[sòng zào]

灶王爷
zào wáng yé

Zaoshen, the god of the kitchen

灶眼
zào yǎn

stovetop burner

另起炉灶
lìng qǐ lú zào

lit. to set up a separate kitchen (idiom); to start from scratch

跨灶
kuà zào

to surpass one's father

病灶
bìng zào

focus of infection

开小灶
kāi xiǎo zào

to give preferential treatment

炉灶
lú zào

stove

送灶
sòng zào

seeing off the kitchen god 灶神[zào shén] (traditional rite)

小灶
xiǎo zào

mess hall for high-ranking cadres

吃小灶
chī xiǎo zào

to be given special treatment

中灶
zhōng zào

mess hall for mid-level cadres

锅灶
guō zào

stove

祭灶
jì zào

to offer sacrifices to the kitchen god

灶君
zào jūn

Zaoshen, the god of the kitchen

灶王
zào wáng

Zaoshen, the god of the kitchen

局灶性
jú zào xìng

focal (medicine)

灶马
zào mǎ

camel cricket

灶神
zào shén

Zaoshen, the god of the kitchen

分灶吃饭
fēn zào chī fàn

\meals prepared at separate stoves\, slogan of the program of fiscal decentralization that began in the 1980s in the PRC

重起炉灶
chóng qǐ lú zào

to start over from scratch (idiom)

灶间
zào jiān

kitchen (dialect)

灶神星
zào shén xīng

Vesta, an asteroid, second most massive object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, discovered in 1807 by H.W. Olbers

灶火
zào huo

stove