Usage of the character 灶

large kitchen stove made from bricks or earth
(PRC) ordinary mess hall (lowest dining standard, ranked below 中灶 (zhōngzào) for mid-level cadres and 小灶 (xiǎozào) for the most privileged)

zàojù

灶具

[灶具]

stove
cooker
(dialect) cooking utensils

dǎozào

倒灶

[倒灶]

to fall (from power)
in decline
unlucky

kuàzào

跨灶

[跨竈]

to surpass one's father

zàohuo

灶火

[灶火]

stove
kitchen

xiǎozào

小灶

[小灶]

mess hall for high-ranking cadres
(fig.) special treatment
cf. 大灶 (dàzào)

Zàoshén

灶神

[灶神]

Zaoshen, the god of the kitchen

zhōngzào

中灶

[中灶]

mess hall for mid-level cadres
cf. 大灶 (dàzào)

bìngzào

病灶

[病灶]

focus of infection
lesion
nidus

Zàojūn

灶君

[灶君]

Zaoshen, the god of the kitchen
also written 灶神

zàojiān

灶间

[灶間]

kitchen (dialect)
CL:間／间 (jiān)

cí Zào

辞灶

[辭灶]

see 送灶 (sòng Zào)

sòng Zào

送灶

[送灶]

seeing off the kitchen god 灶神 ( Zàoshén) (traditional rite)

kāixiǎozào

开小灶

[開小灶]

to give preferential treatment
to give special attention

Zàoshénxīng

灶神星

[灶神星]

Vesta, an asteroid, second most massive object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, discovered in 1807 by H.W. Olbers

lǎohǔzào

老虎灶

[老虎灶]

old-style large kitchen stove

chīxiǎozào

吃小灶

[吃小竈]

to be given special treatment
to be treated in a favored way

júzàoxìng

局灶性

[局灶性]

(medicine) focal

Zàowángyé

灶王爷

[灶王爺]

Zaoshen, the god of the kitchen
also written 灶神

fēnzàochīfàn

分灶吃饭

[分竈吃飯]

"meals prepared at separate stoves", slogan of the program of fiscal decentralization that began in the 1980s in the PRC

chóngqǐlúzào

重起炉灶

[重起爐竈]

to start over from scratch (idiom)

lìngqǐlúzào

另起炉灶

[另起爐灶]

lit. to set up a separate kitchen (idiom); to start from scratch
back to square one
to start of on a new path