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

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