| 炊 | [ chuī ] to cook food |
| 炊事 | [ chuī shì ] cooking |
| 炊事員 | [ chuī shì yuán ] cook, kitchen worker |
| 炊具 | [ chuī jù ] cooking utensils, cookware, cooker |
| 炊器 | [ chuī qì ] cooking vessels (archaeology) |
| 炊帚 | [ chuī zhou ] pot-scrubbing brush, made from bamboo strips |
| 炊煙 | [ chuī yān ] smoke from kitchen chimneys |
| 炊爨 | [ chuī cuàn ] to light a fire and cook a meal |
| ⇒ 巧婦難為無米之炊 | [ fù nán weí wú mǐ zhī chuī ] The cleverest housewife cannot cook without rice (idiom); You won't get anywhere without equipment. |
| ⇒ 米已成炊 | [ mǐ yǐ chéng chuī ] lit. the rice has already been cooked (idiom), fig. what is done cannot be undone |
| ⇒ 野炊 | [ yě chuī ] to cook a meal over a campfire (usu. for a group of people on an outing), cookout |
| ⇒ 食玉炊桂 | [ shí yù chuī guì ] food is more precious than jade and firewood more expensive than cassia (idiom), the cost of living is very high |
