Chinese Word: 灶 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

灶HSK 6

Pinyin: zào

English Definition: kitchen stove; kitchen

Chinese Definition:
①用砖石砌成的生火做饭的设备：锅灶。炉灶。灶突(灶上的烟筒)。
②指“灶君”(中国民间在锅灶附近供的神)：祭灶。

Total strokes: 7; Radical: 火

Ideographic:A clay 土 oven 火

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 火 [ huǒ ] fire, flame; to burn; anger, rage
- 土 [ tǔ ] soil, earth; items made of earth

Similar Characters: 灯灴

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炉灶HSK 6	lú zào	stove
病灶	bìng zào	focus of infection; lesion; nidus
锅灶	guō zào	stove; cooking burner
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
小灶	xiǎo zào	mess hall for high-ranking cadres; (fig.) special treatment; cf. 大灶

1		rán ér 然而， zhè xiē 这些 zào jù 灶具 zhì zào 制造 kùn nan 困难。 However, these cookers are hard to make.
2		zài 在 chú fáng 厨房 zuò fàn 做饭 hòu 后， qǐng 请 qīng jié 清洁 zào tái 灶台。 Please clean the stove after cooking in the kitchen.
3		méi qì zào 煤气灶 shì 是 fàn diàn 饭店 chú fáng 厨房 de 的 biāo pèi 标配 zhī yī 之一。 Gas stoves are one of the standard configurations in restaurant kitchens.