pīnyīn
pin1yin1
ㄓㄨㄧㄣ
simplified
traditional
灶
灶
zao4
kitchen stove; kitchen
灶
竈
zao4
variant of 灶
strokes
7
radical
strokes after radical
3
病灶
病灶
bing4 zao4
focus of infection; lesion; nidus
吃小灶
吃小竈
chi1 xiao3 zao4
to be given special treatment; to be treated in a favored way
重起炉灶
重起爐竈
chong2 qi3 lu2 zao4
to start over from scratch (idiom)
大灶
大灶
da4 zao4
large kitchen stove made from bricks or earth; (PRC) ordinary mess hall (lowest dining standard, ranked below 中灶 for mid-level cadres and 小灶 for the most privileged)
倒灶
倒灶
dao3 zao4
to fall (from power); in decline; unlucky
分灶吃饭
分竈吃飯
fen1 zao4 chi1 fan4
"meals prepared at separate stoves", slogan of the program of fiscal decentralization that began in the 1980s in the PRC
锅灶
鍋灶
guo1 zao4
stove; cooking burner
祭灶
祭灶
ji4 zao4
to offer sacrifices to the kitchen god
家灶
家灶
jia1 zao4
hearth
局灶性
局灶性
ju2 zao4 xing4
focal (medicine)
开小灶
開小灶
kai1 xiao3 zao4
to give preferential treatment; to give special attention
跨灶
跨竈
kua4 zao4
to surpass one's father
老虎灶
老虎灶
lao3 hu3 zao4
old-style large kitchen stove
另起炉灶
另起爐灶
ling4 qi3 lu2 zao4
lit. to set up a separate kitchen (idiom); to start from scratch; back to square one; to start of on a new path
炉灶
爐灶
lu2 zao4
stove
送灶
送灶
song4 zao4
seeing off the kitchen god 灶神 (traditional rite)
小灶
小灶
xiao3 zao4
mess hall for high-ranking cadres; (fig.) special treatment; cf. 大灶
灶间
灶間
zao4 jian1
kitchen (dialect)
灶具
灶具
zao4 ju4
stove; cooker; (dialect) cooking utensils
灶君
灶君
zao4 jun1
Zaoshen, the god of the kitchen; also written 灶神
灶马
灶馬
zao4 ma3
camel cricket; Diestrammena japonica
灶神
灶神
zao4 shen2
Zaoshen, the god of the kitchen
灶神星
灶神星
zao4 shen2 xing1
Vesta, an asteroid, second most massive object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, discovered in 1807 by H.W. Olbers
灶王
灶王
zao4 wang2
Zaoshen, the god of the kitchen; also written 灶神
灶王爷
灶王爺
zao4 wang2 ye2
Zaoshen, the god of the kitchen; also written 灶神
灶眼
灶眼
zao4 yan3
stovetop burner
中灶
中灶
zhong1 zao4
mess hall for mid-level cadres; cf. 大灶