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灶

zào

HSK 6 Character

What 灶 means

1. kitchen stove
2. kitchen; mess; canteen

Other readings

灶 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• zàovariant of {灶|zào}

Example sentences

• 约翰离开了公司，另起炉灶。
  Yuēhàn líkāi le gōngsī, lìngqǐlúzào.
  John turned his back on the company and started on his own.
• 烹饪结束后请清洁炉灶和烤箱。
  Clean the stove and oven after cooking.
• 他妻子在灶旁做饭，而他在坐着读书。
  Tā qīzi zài zào páng zuòfàn, ér tā zài zuò zhe dúshū.
  He sat down and read while his wife was cooking by the fire.

Words starting with 灶

• 灶台zào táistovetop; rangetop
• 灶间zào jiān(dialect) kitchen
• 灶具zào jùstove; cooker; (dialect) cooking utensils
• 灶君Zào jūnZaoshen, the god of the kitchen; also written 灶神
• 灶屋zào wū(dialect) kitchen
• 灶房zào fáng(dialect) kitchen
• 灶火zào huostove; kitchen
• 灶王Zào wángZaoshen, the god of the kitchen; also written 灶神
• 灶眼zào yǎnstovetop burner
• 灶神Zào shénZaoshen, the god of the kitchen
• 灶马zào mǎcamel cricket
• 灶王爷Zào wáng yéZaoshen, the god of the kitchen; also written 灶神
• 灶神星Zào shén xīngVesta, an asteroid, second most massive object in the asteroid belt between Mars and…

Words containing 灶

• 炉灶lú zàostove
• 小灶xiǎo zàomess hall for high-ranking cadres; (fig.) special treatment; cf. 大灶
• 中灶zhōng zàomess hall for mid-level cadres; cf. 大灶
• 倒灶dǎo zàoto fall (from power); in decline; unlucky
• 土灶tǔ zàoearthen stove; clay stove (typically wood-fired)
• 大灶dà zàolarge kitchen stove made from bricks or earth; (mainland) ordinary mess hall…
• 家灶jiā zàohearth
• 病灶bìng zào(medicine) lesion; focus of disease; nidus
• 祭灶jì zàoto offer sacrifices to the kitchen god
• 跨灶kuà zàoto surpass one's father
• 送灶sòng Zàoseeing off the kitchen god 灶神
• 吃小灶chī xiǎo zàoto be given special treatment; to be treated in a favored way
• 局灶性jú zào xìng(medicine) focal; localized
• 老虎灶lǎo hǔ zàoold-style large kitchen stove
• 开小灶kāi xiǎo zàoto give preferential treatment; to give special attention
• 分灶吃饭fēn zào chī fàn"meals prepared at separate stoves", slogan of the program of fiscal decentralization…
• 另起炉灶lìng qǐ lú zàolit. to set up a separate kitchen (idiom); to start from scratch; back to square one…
• 明厨亮灶míng chú liàng zào"transparent kitchen" – a kitchen (in a restaurant, school cafeteria etc) in which food…
• 重起炉灶chóng qǐ lú zàoto start over from scratch (idiom)
• 锅灶guō zàostove; cooking burner
• 辞灶cí Zàosee 送灶

Characters built on 土

These share the phonetic component 土 (tǔ), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 告gào(bound form) to say; to tell; to announce; to report; to denounce
• 堡bǎo(bound form) fortress; stronghold…
• 壕háomoat; (military) trench
• 坳àodepression; cavity; hollow; Taiwan pr. āo
• 垚yáovariant of 尧, legendary emperor Yao, c. 2200 BC; embankment
• 垚yáovariant of 尧, legendary emperor Yao, c. 2200 BC; embankment
• 埽sàodike; old variant of 扫

Characters that look like 灶

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 贩fànto deal in; to buy and sell; to trade in
• 泳yǒngswimming; to swim
• 妹mèiyounger sister
• 旺wàngprosperous; flourishing; (of flowers) blooming
• 肽tàipeptide (two or more amino acids linked by peptide bonds CO-NH)
• 炔quēalkyne; also pr. jué

Sounds the same

Read zào, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 造to make; to build; to manufacture
• 燥dry; parched; impatient; vexed; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. sào) minced meat
• 皂soap; black
• 噪(literary) (of birds or insects) to chirp; (bound form) to make a cacophonous noise
• 躁impatient; hot-tempered
• 皁black; police runners, from the black clothes formerly worn by them
• 慥sincere
• 梍Chinese honey locust (Gleditsia sinensis); now written zào jiá 皂荚
• 煰dry (old variant of 燥
• 簉deputy; subordinate; concubine
• 趮easily provoked, hasty; fierce, cruel
• 唣used in 啰唣