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灶王爷
zào​wáng​yé

Kitchen God

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
灶王爷 灶王爺 zào​wáng​yé
Kitchen God
The god of the kitchen in Chinese folklore, worshipped as the deity who oversees the welfare of the family and reports their conduct to heaven.

Frequency

Written text
0.195 per million

Cross-References

Same as

  • 灶神 zào​shén
  • 灶君 zào​jūn

Referenced by

  • 小年夜 xiǎo​nián​yè

Sources

Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)