| 1 | 灶 | 灶 | zào | zao4 | kitchen stove; kitchen; variant of 灶 | | |
| 2 | 灶火 | 灶火 | zào huo | zao4 huo5 | stove; kitchen | | |
| 3 | 老虎灶 | 老虎灶 | lǎo hǔ zào | lao3 hu3 zao4 | old-style large kitchen stove | | |
| 4 | 中灶 | 中灶 | zhōng zào | zhong1 zao4 | mess hall for mid-level cadres; cf. 大灶 | | |
| 5 | 灶神 | 灶神 | zào shén | Zao4 shen2 | Zaoshen, the god of the kitchen | | |
| 6 | 灶马 | 灶馬 | zào mǎ | zao4 ma3 | camel cricket; Diestrammena japonica | | |
| 7 | 灶君 | 灶君 | zào jūn | Zao4 jun1 | Zaoshen, the god of the kitchen; also written 灶神 | | |
| 8 | 灶具 | 灶具 | zào jù | zao4 ju4 | stove; cooker; (dialect) cooking utensils | | |
| 9 | 灶间 | 灶間 | zào jiān | zao4 jian1 | kitchen (dialect); Classifiers: 间 | | |
| 10 | 小灶 | 小灶 | xiǎo zào | xiao3 zao4 | mess hall for high-ranking cadres; (fig.) special treatment; cf. 大灶 | | |
| 11 | 送灶 | 送灶 | sòng zào | song4 Zao4 | seeing off the kitchen god 灶神 (traditional rite) | | |
| 12 | 炉灶 | 爐灶 | lú zào | lu2 zao4 | stove | | |
| 13 | 另起炉灶 | 另起爐灶 | lìng qǐ lú zào | 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 | | |
| 14 | 病灶 | 病灶 | bìng zào | bing4 zao4 | focus of infection; lesion; nidus | | |
| 15 | 跨灶 | 跨竈 | kuà zào | kua4 zao4 | to surpass one's father | | |
| 16 | 开小灶 | 開小灶 | kāi xiǎo zào | kai1 xiao3 zao4 | to give preferential treatment; to give special attention | | |
| 17 | 局灶性 | 局灶性 | jú zào xìng | ju2 zao4 xing4 | focal (medicine) | | |
| 18 | 家灶 | 家灶 | jiā zào | jia1 zao4 | hearth | | |
| 19 | 祭灶 | 祭灶 | jì zào | ji4 zao4 | to offer sacrifices to the kitchen god | | |
| 20 | 锅灶 | 鍋灶 | guō zào | guo1 zao4 | stove; cooking burner | | |
| 21 | 分灶吃饭 | 分竈吃飯 | fēn zào chī fàn | fen1 zao4 chi1 fan4 | "meals prepared at separate stoves", slogan of the program of fiscal decentralization that began in the 1980s in the PRC | | |
| 22 | 倒灶 | 倒灶 | dǎo zào | dao3 zao4 | to fall (from power); in decline; unlucky | | |
| 23 | 大灶 | 大灶 | dà zào | da4 zao4 | large kitchen stove made from bricks or earth; (PRC) ordinary mess hall (lowest dining standard, ranked below 中灶 for the most privileged) | | |
| 24 | 辞灶 | 辭灶 | cí zào | ci2 Zao4 | see 送灶 | | |
| 25 | 重起炉灶 | 重起爐竈 | chóng qǐ lú zào | chong2 qi3 lu2 zao4 | to start over from scratch (idiom) | | |