做菜

zuòcài
  1. to cook
  2. cooking

CEDICT

  1. (intransitive) to cook
  2. to cook

Wiktionary

煮飯燒菜。

重編國語辭典

烹飪

維基詞典

Examples

你喜欢做菜吗？

Do you like cooking?

Source: Tatoeba

玛丽做菜不放盐。

Mary doesn't use salt in her cooking.

Source: Tatoeba

你很會做菜，不是嗎?

You are a good cook, aren't you?

Source: Tatoeba

我做菜時打碎了箇玻璃杯。

I broke a glass while I was cooking.

Source: Tatoeba

Entry Composition

1 做 zuò
  1. to make; to produce
  2. to write; to compose
  3. to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc)
  4. (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc)
  5. (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for
  6. to assume (an air or manner)
2 菜 cài
  1. (of one's skills etc) weak; poor
  2. (coll.) (one's) type

classifiers: 棵, 樣, 道, 盤

Related entries

烹煮 pēngzhǔ
  1. to cook
  2. to boil
烹製 pēngzhì
  1. to cook
  2. to prepare (food)
烹調 pēngtiáo to cook
我不知道如何烹調鹿肉。

I don't know how to cook venison.

Source: Tatoeba

煮 zhǔ
  1. to cook
  2. to boil
她煮了蛋。

She boiled the eggs.

Source: Tatoeba

煮飯 zhǔfàn to cook
你煮飯用瓦斯還是電？

Do you cook by gas or electricity?

Source: Tatoeba

燒煮 shāozhǔ to cook
燒菜 shāocài to cook
下廚 xiàchú
  1. to go to the kitchen (to prepare a meal)
  2. to cook
做飯 zuòfàn
  1. to prepare a meal
  2. to cook
你們會做飯嗎？

Can you cook?

Source: Tatoeba

燒 shāo
  1. to burn
  2. to cook
  3. to stew
  4. to bake
  5. to roast
  6. to heat
  7. to boil (tea, water etc)
  8. fever
  9. to run a temperature
  10. (coll.) to let things go to one's head
我燒了紙。

I burned the paper.

Source: Tatoeba

爨 cuàn
  1. cooking-stove
  2. to cook
起火 qǐhuǒ
  1. to catch fire
  2. to cook
  3. to get angry
起火原因不明。

The cause of the fire is not known.

Source: Tatoeba

飪 rèn
  1. cooked food
  2. to cook (until ready)
饎 chì
  1. food
  2. to cook
料理 liàolǐ
  1. to arrange
  2. to handle
  3. to cook
  4. cuisine
  5. art of cooking
你觉得西班牙料理怎么样?

How about some Spanish food?

Source: Tatoeba

炊事 chuīshì cooking