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做
菜
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Jyutping
zou6 coi3
Pinyin
zuò cài
Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
to cook
cooking
Definitions (Wiktionary)
verb, intransitive, verb-object
to cook
(syn.) 做饭, 調羹, 料理, 调羹, 烹饪, 烹飪, 做飯, 烹调, 搣食, 烹調
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
Mandarin
玛丽做菜不放盐。
瑪麗做菜不放鹽。
mǎ lì zuò cài bù fàng yán 。
Mary doesn't use salt in her cooking.
Mandarin
你喜欢做菜吗?
你喜歡做菜嗎?
nǐ xǐ huan zuò cài ma ?
Do you like cooking?
Do you like to cook?
Do you enjoy cooking?
Mandarin
汤姆习惯用营火做菜。
湯姆習慣用營火做菜。
tāng mǔ xí guàn yòng yíng huǒ zuò cài 。
Tom is used to cooking on a campfire.
Mandarin
我帮忙妈妈做菜。
我幫忙媽媽做菜。
wǒ bāng máng mā ma zuò cài 。
I helped mom cook.
Mandarin
以前我是讨厌做菜,可现在我很喜欢。
以前我是討厭做菜,可現在我很喜歡。
yǐ qián wǒ shì tǎo yàn zuò cài , kě xiàn zài wǒ hěn xǐ huan 。
I used to hate cooking, but now I like it.
Examples (Wiktionary)
Mandarin
做菜忘了开抽油烟机,烟得我流泪。
做菜忘了開抽油煙機,煙得我流淚。
zuò cài wàng le kāi chōu yóu yān jī , yān de wǒ liú lèi .
When I was cooking, I forgot to turn on the range hood, and the smoke made my eyes water.
Mandarin
她说:“剃头不好看;我要做菜姑。三不五时还可以去看歌仔戏、歌剧。”
她说:“剃头不好看;我要做菜姑。三不五时还可以去看歌仔戏、歌剧。”
From : 2005 December 20 , 釋悟因 , 戰後佛教在台灣 — — 佛教面對現代挑戰的回應 , yin 香光莊嚴雜誌 , issue 84 , pa ge 19
She said, "Shaving the head bald doesn't look good; I want to be a vegetarian Buddhist. From time to time I can even go see operas."