灶 zào

kitchen stove, cooking stove

HSK 6 #2691

DEFINITIONS

  • kitchen stove, cooking stove
  • kitchen stove
  • kitchen
  • variant of 灶[zao4]

STROKES

灶 stroke order diagram
灶 stroke order animation

WORDS

炉灶 lú zào
HSK 6
stove
病灶 bìng zào focus of infection; lesion; nidus
另起炉灶 lìng qǐ lú zào lit. to set up a separate kitchen (idiom); to start from scratch; back to square one; to start of on a new path
开小灶 kāi xiǎo zào to give preferential treatment; to give special attention
灶间 zào jiān kitchen (dialect); CL:間|间[jian1]
小灶 xiǎo zào mess hall for high-ranking cadres; (fig.) special treatment; cf. 大灶[da4 zao4]
中灶 zhōng zào mess hall for mid-level cadres; cf. 大灶[da4 zao4]
倒灶 dǎo zào to fall (from power); in decline; unlucky
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
另起爐灶 lìng qǐ lú zào lit. to set up a separate kitchen (idiom); to start from scratch; back to square one; to start of on a new path
吃小灶 chī xiǎo zào to be given special treatment; to be treated in a favored way
大灶 dà zào large kitchen stove made from bricks or earth; (PRC) ordinary mess hall (lowest dining standard, ranked below 中灶[zhong1 zao4] for mid-level cadres and 小灶[xiao3 zao4] for the most privileged)
家灶 jiā zào hearth
局灶性 jú zào xìng focal (medicine)
灶具 zào jù stove; cooker; (dialect) cooking utensils
灶君 zào jūn Zaoshen, the god of the kitchen; also written 灶神
灶王 zào wáng Zaoshen, the god of the kitchen; also written 灶神
灶王爷 zào wáng yé Zaoshen, the god of the kitchen; also written 灶神
灶王爺 zào wáng yé Zaoshen, the god of the kitchen; also written 灶神
灶眼 zào yǎn stovetop burner
灶神 zào shén Zaoshen, the god of the kitchen
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
灶間 zào jiān kitchen (dialect); CL:間|间[jian1]
灶马 zào mǎ camel cricket; Diestrammena japonica
灶馬 zào mǎ camel cricket; Diestrammena japonica
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