| 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 | |
| 斩 | dzam55 | 斩 | 斩 | to chop in two | |
| 切 | tɛt33 | 切 | 切 | to cut | |
| 切嚿 | tɛt33 gɔu325 | 切嚿 | 切塊 | to chop to thick pieces | |
| 切片 | tɛt33 pein335 | 切片 | 切片 | to slice to small thin slices | |
| 切丝 | tɛt33 ɬu335 | 切丝 | 切丝 | to cut into threads | |
| 切粒 | tɛt33 lip55 | 切粒 | 切丁 | to dice | |
| 割 | gɔt33 | 割 | 割 | to slice with sideward motion | |
| 剁碎 | iak55 ɬui33 | 剁碎 | 剁 | to mince, to cut to small pieces | |
| 斩饼 | dzam55 biaŋ55 | 剁饼 | 剁猪肉饼 | minced meat cake | |
| 铡鸡 | dzap32 gai33 | 铡鸡 | 把鸡切开 | 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 | 劈柴 | to split firewood | |
| 炭 | han33 | 炭 | 木炭 | charcoal | |
| 逗火 | ǝu32 fɔ55 | 透火 | 生火 | to make a fire | |
| 透火 | hǝu33 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 | dɔu21 | 灶 | 灶 | kitchen range, built-in earthen stove | |
| 灶窟 | dɔu21 fut55 | 灶眼 | 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 | mai55 gɔŋ33 | 米缸 | 米缸 | large jar for (raw) rice | |
| 冚盅 | kǝm55 dzǝŋ215 | 冚盅 | 罈子 | earthenware jar | |
| 蒸笼 | dzein33 lǝŋ21 | 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 | 镬气 | state of food after being tossed quickly in a wok over a high flame. wok essence | |
| 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 | |
| 生水白煠 | saŋ33 sui55 bak32 sap32 | 生水白煠 | 清煮 | to boil in water (imply food is plain and tasteless) | |
| 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 | dein33 | 煎 | 煎 | to grill | |
| 蒸 | dzein33 | 蒸 | 蒸 | to steam (food in dish placed on top of rice in a rice cooker) | |
| 炊 | tsui33 | 蒸 | 蒸 | to steam (food in a bamboo steamer) | |
| 煨 | vɔi33 | 煨 | 煨 | to roast in hot ashes | |
| 㷫(热) | hein33 ŋɛt32 | 㷫(热) | 温 | to warm up | |
| 焗 | gǝk32 | 焗 | 烤 | to bake | |
| 濽 | dan33 | 濽 | 濽 | to spatter cold water on a hot pan | |
| 火捞 | 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 | 勾芡 | 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 zongzi, leave-wrapped well-cooked glutinous rice | |
| 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 | Verb: [fat33] rise, increase in volume. Noun: [fat55] hair. |
| 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 | dzein33 gǝu55 | 劏狗 | 杀狗 | to slaughter a dog | |
| 熟 | sǝk32 | 熟 | 熟 | (food) cooked, well-cooked; (fruit) ripe; familiar, well versed | |
| 生 | saŋ33 | 生 | 生 | (food, esp. meat) raw, not well cooked; (fruit) unripe; unfamiliar, unknown; alive; to give birth to, to give rise to | |
| 生勾勾 | saŋ33 ŋǝl33 ŋǝl33 | 生勾勾 | 生 | raw | Vivid form of 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 | lip, 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, to count; a dot | |
| 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 | 扒饭 | to stuff mouth with rice using chopsticks | |