Taishanese		Cantonese	Mandarin	English	Notes
煮饭	dzi55 fan32	煮饭	烧饭	to cook rice
洗米	ɬai55 mai55	洗米	淘米	to wash rice
潲	sɔu33	潲水	洗米水	water in which rice has been washed
饮	ŋim55	(米水)		water in which rice has been boiled
斩	dzam55	斩	斩	to chop in two
切	tiɛk33	切	切	to cut
切嚿	tiɛk33 gɔu325	切嚿	切塊	to chop to thick pieces
切片	tiɛk33 pein335	切片	切片	to slice to small thin slices
切丝	tiɛk33 ɬu335	切丝	切丝	to cut into threads
切粒	tiɛk33 lip55	切粒	切丁	to dice
割	gɔt33	割	割	to slice with sideward motion
琢碎	?iɛk55 ɬui335	琢碎	剁	to mince, to cut to small pieces
斩饼	dzam55 biaŋ55	斩饼		minced meat cake
铡鸡	dzap32 gai33	铡鸡		to chop a chicken to pieces
刀	?ɔu335	刀	刀	knife
菜刀	tɔi33 ɔu335	菜刀	菜刀	chopper
砧	?im21	砧板	砧板	cutting board
柴	tsai21	柴	柴	firewood
破柴	pɔ33 tsai21	破柴		to split firewood
炭	han33	炭	木炭	charcoal
逗火	?ǝu32 fɔ55	透火	生火	to make a fire
透火	hǝu32 fɔ55	透火	生火	to make a fire
睇火	hai55 fɔ55	睇火	看火	to watch the fire
好火	hɔu55 fɔ55	好火	大火	big fire
灶	tɔu21	灶	灶	kitchen range, built-in earthen stove
灶窟	tɔu21 fut55		灶眼	fire hole of a kitchen range
风炉	fǝŋ33 lu225	风炉	火炉	stove
镬脷	vok21 li325	镬铲	锅铲子	food-turner, spatula
火钳	fɔ55  kiam22	火钳	火钳	fire tongs
壳	hɔk21	壳	舀子	ladle
饭壳	fan32 hɔk21	饭壳	饭舀子	rice ladle
水壳	sui55 hɔk21	水壳	水舀子	gourd used as ladle for water
樽	dun215	樽	樽子	bottle
樽塞	dun21 ɬak55	樽窒	瓶塞子	bottle stop
镬	vɔk21	镬	锅	wok, frying pan
罉	tsaŋ335	罉	(煮)锅	pot
瓦罉	ŋa55 tsaŋ335	瓦罉	砂锅	earthenware saucepan
水缸	sui55 gɔŋ33	水缸	水缸	large open-mouthed jar for water
米缸	mii55 gɔŋ33	米缸	米缸	large jar for (raw) rice
冚盅	kǝm55 dzǝŋ215		罈子	earthenware jar
蒸笼	dzein33 lǝŋ335	蒸笼	蒸笼	bamboo steamer
??	laŋ55 lɔŋ215	蒸架	蒸架	bamboo frame for steaming
盖	gɔi21	盖	盖子	cover
烧红(个镬)	siau3e hǝŋ33 (gɔi33 vɔk21)	烧红(个镬)	烧热(锅)	to heat up (the wok)
镬气	vɔk21 hi33	镬气		state of food after being tossed quickly in a wok over a high flame
煮	dzi55	煮	煮	to cook
淥(熟)	lǝk32 (sǝk32)	淥(熟)	烫(熟)	to scald with boiling water
煲	bɔu33	煲	水煮	to boil
炖	?un32	炖	炖	to boil in a closed small container for extended period of time
煠	sap32	煠	熬	to boil for a long time
滚	gun55	滚	煮沸	to boil in large amount of water
炒	tsɔu55	炒	炒	to stir fry
炸	dza33	炸	炸	to deep fry (submerge in oil)
煎	dein	煎	煎	to grill
蒸	dzein33	蒸	蒸	to steam (food by placing dish on top of rice)
炊	tsui33	蒸	蒸	to steam (food in a bamboo steamer)
煨	vɔi33	煨	煨	to roast in hot ashes
㷫(热)	hein33 ŋiɛt32	㷫(热)	温	to warm up
焗	gǝk32	焗		to bake
濽	dan33	濽	濽	to spatter cold water on a hot pan
火?	fɔ55 lɔu21	油烟	锅灰	kitchen soot
搅	gɔu55	搅	搅	to stir
𢱕	?ǝp32	𢱕	捣	to pound, to grind
下	ha33	放	放	to put in (condiments)
糁	ɬǝm55	糁	撒	to sprinkle
捞(埋)	lɔu33 (mɔi22)	捞(埋)	搅和	to blend
打(个)河	?a55 (gɔ33) hɔ225	打(个)芡		to pour (temp.) hot gravy over
搓粉	cai33 fun55	搓粉	捏粉	to knead a dough
挪圆	nuɔ22 yɔn215	整汤圆	搓圆子	to roll a dough into a ball with hand; glutinous rice ball making
裹粽	gɔ55 dǝŋ215	包粽	包粽子	to make zong
整糍	tsein55 ti22		(做点心)	to make pastry (esp. for New Year)
打鸡蛋	?a55 gai33 ?an325	打鸡蛋	打鸡蛋	to crack an egg
浸	dim33	浸	泡	to soak
发	fat33	发	发	to rise
醃	yiap33	醃	醃	to salt, to preserve in salt, to cure
泌水	bi33 sui55	泌水	滤水	to strain out fluid
隔渣	gak33 dza21	隔渣	滤渣	to filter out solid
煮几样肴	dzi55 gi55 yiaŋ32 ŋɔu225	煮几个餸	烧几个菜	to cook a few dishes
劏鸡	hɔŋ33 gai33	劏鸡	杀鸡	to kill a chicken
劏猪	hɔŋ33 dzi33	劏猪	杀猪	to slaughter a pig
蒸狗	dziɛŋ33 gǝu55	劏狗	杀狗	to slaughter a dog
熟	sǝk32	熟	熟	broiled, well-cooked
生	saŋ33	生	生	raw, not well cooked
生勾勾	saŋ33 ŋǝl33 ŋǝl33	生勾勾		raw
半生熟	bɔn21 saŋ33 sǝk325	半生熟	半生熟	half-cooked
吃饭	hiak33 fan32	食饭	吃饭	to serve a meal
舀饭	yiau55 fan32	装饭	盛饭	to (re)fill a bow of rice
碟	?iap325	碟	盘子	plate, tray, dish
碟仔	?iap32 dɔi55	碟仔	碟子	small dish
碗	vɔn55	碗	碗	bowl
碗头	vɔn55 hǝu22	缽头	缽	shallow earthenware bowl
缽头	bɔt21 hǝu22	缽头	缽	shallow earthenware bowl
唇	sun22	唇	碗边缘	rim
杯	bɔi335	杯	杯子	cup
筷子	fai33 du55	筷子	筷子	chopsticks
匙羹	si22 gaŋ335	匙羹	汤羹	spoon
暖(水)壶	nɔn21 (sui55) vu225	暖(水)壶	热水瓶	hot water bottle
茶壶	tsa22 vu225	茶壶	茶壶	teapot
冲茶	tsǝŋ33 tsa22	冲茶	泡茶	to infuse tea
斟茶	dzim33 tsa22	斟茶	倒茶	to pour tea
点	iam55	点	蘸	to dip
挟餸	gap33 ɬǝŋ21	挟餸	挟菜	to pick up food from the shared main dishes with chopsticks
拨饭	bɔt32 fan32	扒饭		to stuff mouth with rice using chopsticks