English
- cook
- to cook food
- to cook
- meal
粵語
- 煮嘢食
As a component in
Words containing 炊
- 炊具ceoi1 geoi6
cooking utensils
- 炊事ceoi1 si6
cooking
- 炊器ceoi1 hei3
cooking vessels (archaeology)
- 炊帚ceoi1 zau2
pot-scrubbing brush, made from bamboo strips
- 炊火ceoi1 fo2
- 炊飯ceoi1 faan6
- 炊煙ceoi1 jin1
smoke from kitchen chimneys
- 野炊je5 ceoi1
to cook a meal over a campfire (usu. for a group of people on an outing)
- 炊事員ceoi1 si6 jyun4
cook
- 炊爨ceoi1 cyun3
to light a fire and cook a meal
- 米已成炊mai5 ji5 sing4 ceoi1
lit. the rice has already been cooked (idiom)
- 無米之炊mou4 mai5 zi1 ceoi1
(idiom) saying someone must have some essentials to complete a task such as a sophisticated housewife is unable to cook rice without rice-ingredient
- 炊事班長ceoi1 si6 baan1 zoeng2
- 食玉炊桂sik6 juk6 ceoi1 gwai3
food is more precious than jade and firewood more expensive than cassia (idiom)
- 巧婦難為無米之炊haau2 fu5 naan4 wai4 mou4 mai5 zi1 ceoi1
The cleverest housewife cannot cook without rice (idiom); You won't get anywhere without equipment.