# 灶君
## Chinese

* 灶君 (Written Standard Chinese)
* 灶君 (Cantonese)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zàojūn
    (Zhuyin): ㄗㄠˋ ㄐㄩㄣ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zou$^3$ gwan$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): cho-kiûn
* Eastern Min (BUC): cáu-gŭng
* Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): zao$^3$ gung$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zàojūn
*** Zhuyin: ㄗㄠˋ ㄐㄩㄣ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: zàojyun
*** Wade–Giles: tsao$^4$-chün$^1$
*** Yale: dzàu-jyūn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzawjiun
*** Palladius: цзаоцзюнь (czaoczjunʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɑʊ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕyn⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zou$^3$ gwan$^1$
*** Yale: jou gwān
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzou$^3$ gwan$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zou$^3$ guen$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sou̯³³ kʷɐn⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: cho-kiûn
*** Hakka Romanization System: zo giun$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: zo$^4$ giun$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡so⁵⁵ ki̯un²⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: cáu-gŭng
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sau²¹³⁻⁵⁵ $^{(k-)}$uŋ⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: zao$^3$ gung$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsàu kung
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sau²¹³⁻⁵⁵ kuŋ³³/

### Noun

灶君
* (Chinese folk religion) kitchen god

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 灶神, 灶君, 灶王爺 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 灶王爺 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 灶神, 灶君, 灶王爺 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 灶王爺 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Ulanhot | 灶王爺 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tongliao | 灶王爺 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 灶王爺 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 灶王爺 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 灶王爺 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 灶王爺 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 灶王爺 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 灶王爺 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 灶王爺 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 灶王爺 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 灶王爺 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 灶王爺, 灶王 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 灶王爺, 灶王, 灶君 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 灶神, 灶君 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 灶王爺 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 灶王爺 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 灶王爺 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 灶王爺, 灶火爺 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 灶王爺 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 灶王爺爺, 灶王 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 灶王爺 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 灶王爺 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 灶王爺 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 灶王爺 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 灶王老爺, 灶神 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 灶王爺, 灶王 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 灶王爺 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 灶王爺, 老灶爺 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 老灶爺, 灶爺 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 灶君家老爺, 灶君老爺 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 灶火爺, 灶爺 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 灶爺爺 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 灶王爺, 灶神, 老灶爺 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 老灶爺, 灶爺 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 老灶爺 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 灶王爺 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 灶王爺, 灶司爺 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 灶神, 灶王爺 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 老灶爺, 灶爺 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 灶爺 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 灶爺, 灶老爺 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 灶老爺, 灶馬子, 灶馬, 灶君馬兒, 灶君, 灶王爺, 老灶爺 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 灶神, 老灶爺 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 灶神爺爺, 灶王爺 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Bayanhot | 灶老爺 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 灶王爺, 灶家爺, 灶爺 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 灶王爺 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 灶王爺 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 灶王爺 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Jimsar | 灶王爺 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 灶神菩薩, 灶神, 灶王爺 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 灶神菩薩 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 灶神菩薩 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 灶神爺 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 灶王爺, 灶神爺 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 灶神菩薩, 灶神 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 灶王爺, 灶神菩薩, 灶王菩薩 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 灶王爺, 灶王, 灶神, 司命菩薩 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 灶王爺, 灶神爺 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 灶王爺, 灶王 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 灶神 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 灶神菩薩, 灶王爺 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 灶神菩薩 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 灶神菩薩 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 灶神菩薩, 灶公公 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 灶君菩薩 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 灶君老爺 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 灶王爺, 灶爺, 灶神, 灶君公公, 灶君 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 灶神爺 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 灶王爺 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin (Lingui) | 灶神 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 灶王公, 灶王爺, 灶王 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou (Luorong) | 灶王 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Wuming) | 灶王爺, 灶君老爺 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 灶神菩薩 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 灶神菩薩 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 灶王爺, 灶爺, 灶神 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 灶爺爺, 灶老爺 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 灶老爺 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 灶王爺, 灶老 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 灶老爺 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 灶家老爺, 灶家菩薩 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 灶王爺 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 灶公菩薩 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 灶王爺 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 灶王爺, 灶王菩薩 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 灶君, 灶神, 灶老爺 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 灶君, 灶君老爺 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 灶君爺 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 灶君 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 灶君 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 灶爺 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 灶君 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 灶君 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 灶君 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 灶君 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 灶君 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 灶君 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 灶君 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 灶君 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 灶君 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 灶司 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 灶君 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 灶神 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 灶神 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 灶菩薩, 灶伯 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 灶菩薩 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 灶菩薩 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 灶神 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 灶君爺 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 灶君大王 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 灶君 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 灶君 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 灶頭阿君 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 灶頭君 |
| Cantonese | Lianshan (Butian) | 灶君 |
| Cantonese | Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui) | 灶君 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 灶君爺 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 灶君爺 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 灶神 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 灶神爺 |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 灶君 |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 灶君 |
| Cantonese | Guangning | 灶君公 |
| Cantonese | Deqing | 灶君 |
| Cantonese | Huaiji | 灶君公 |
| Cantonese | Fengkai (Nanfeng) | 灶翁, 灶君 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 灶君 |
| Cantonese | Xinxing | 灶君老爺 |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 灶君 |
| Cantonese | Yunan (Pingtai) | 灶君 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 灶君 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 灶公 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 灶神 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 灶王爺, 灶君, 灶神爺 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 灶君老爺, 灶公 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 灶君 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 灶公 |
| Cantonese | Guiping | 灶君老爺 |
| Cantonese | Mengshan (Xihe) | 灶公 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Nanjiang) | 灶君老爺 |
| Cantonese | Beiliu (Tangliao) | 灶公 |
| Cantonese | Baise | 灶君老爺 |
| Cantonese | Bobai | 灶君 |
| Cantonese | Lingshan | 灶公 |
| Cantonese | Pubei | 灶神 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou | 灶君 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 灶君 |
| Cantonese | Ningming | 灶君 |
| Cantonese | Hengzhou | 灶君公 |
| Cantonese | Hezhou (Pumen, Babu) | 灶頭翁 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 灶爺, 灶神 |
| Gan | Nanchang County (Tacheng) | 灶神 |
| Gan | Hukou | 司命爹爹 |
| Gan | Lushan | 灶神爺 |
| Gan | Gongqingcheng (Jiangyi) | 灶神爺 |
| Gan | Xiushui | 灶公大王 |
| Gan | Pengze | 司米老爺 |
| Gan | Poyang | 司命爺仂 |
| Gan | Hengfeng | 灶神公公 |
| Gan | Leping | 獅面公仂 |
| Gan | Gao'an | 灶王爺 |
| Gan | Fengxin | 灶神 |
| Gan | Shanggao | 灶神菩薩 |
| Gan | Wanzai | 灶神 |
| Gan | Xinyu | 灶王爺 |
| Gan | Fuzhou (Shangdundu) | 灶鬚公 |
| Gan | Fuzhou (Dongxiang) | 灶公公 |
| Gan | Nanfeng | 灶額公公 |
| Gan | Yihuang | 灶額公公 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 灶額公公 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 司命娘娘 |
| Gan | Lianhua | 司命娘娘 |
| Gan | Ji'an | 火神菩薩 |
| Gan | Yongfeng | 灶神爺 |
| Gan | Taihe | 司命娘娘 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 灶神, 家神 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 灶神 |
| Hakka | Dabu (Xihe) | 灶君爺 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 灶主老爺, 灶主阿公 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 灶神 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 灶公爺, 灶頭阿公 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Zhengguo, Zengcheng) | 灶頭阿公 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Wuguishan) | 灶公 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 灶公 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 灶君爺 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 灶爐阿公, 灶神 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 灶君爺 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 灶神爺 |
| Hakka | Nanxiong (Zhuji) | 灶神 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 灶君 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 灶君爺 |
| Hakka | Luhe | 灶頭神 |
| Hakka | Changting | 灶君菩薩 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding) | 灶君老爺 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Gaobei, Yongding) | 灶君老爺, 灶君 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Hukeng, Yongding) | 灶公爺 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Zhongshan) | 灶君爺 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Peitian) | 灶神 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Juxi) | 灶頭嬤 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Zhongbao) | 灶神 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Laiyuan) | 灶君, 灶頭神 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 灶君公公, 灶君婆婆 |
| Hakka | Ningdu | 灶神 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 灶精老太 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 灶君奶奶 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Nankang) | 灶君奶奶 |
| Hakka | Dingnan | 灶頭娭毑 |
| Hakka | Longnan | 灶頭娭毑 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 灶君爺, 灶神, 司命灶君 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 灶君爺, 灶君, 灶神, 司命灶君 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 灶君爺, 灶神, 司命灶君 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 灶君爺, 灶公爺, 灶神, 司命灶君 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 灶君爺, 灶神, 司命灶君 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 灶神 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 灶頭阿公 |
| Hakka | Beiliu (Tang'an) | 灶神 |
| Hakka | Mashan (Pianlian) | 灶王公 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 灶 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 灶君爺 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Meixian) | 灶君爺 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Fengshun) | 灶頭伯公 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 灶司老爺 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 灶司菩薩 |
| Huizhou | Huangshan (Tunxi) | 灶司菩薩, 灶司老爺 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 灶王爺 |
| Jin | Taiyuan (Jiancaoping) | 灶爺爺 |
| Jin | Taiyuan (Jinyuan) | 灶神爺 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 灶家爺 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 灶王爺, 灶王, 灶神, 灶君爺 |
| Jin | Datong | 灶王爺, 灶神爺 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 灶爺爺 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 灶馬爺兒, 灶君老爺 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 灶家爺 |
| Jin | Taibus (Baochang) | 灶王爺 |
| Jin | Linhe | 灶馬爺, 灶馬爺爺 |
| Jin | Jining | 灶王爺, 灶馬爺 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 灶王神, 灶王爺, 灶神 |
| Jin | Baotou | 灶王爺 |
| Jin | Dongsheng | 灶王爺 |
| Jin | Haibowan | 灶馬爺 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 灶馬爺爺 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 灶火爺 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 灶王爺 |
| Jin | Handan | 灶王爺, 灶神, 灶家爺 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 老灶爺 |
| Jin | Suide | 灶馬爺, 灶馬 |
| Jin | Shenmu | 灶馬爺爺 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 灶神公 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou (Dikou) | 鼎神公 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 鼎腸公 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 鼎灶公 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 灶君 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 灶君 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 灶君公 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 灶君公 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 灶君公 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 灶空公, 灶君 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 灶君 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 灶君公 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 灶君公 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 灶王公 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 灶香公 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 灶君公 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 灶君公 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 灶神 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 灶神 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 灶公神 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 灶神 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 司命公, 灶君 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 司命公 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 後尾公 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 灶公, 灶神 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 灶公 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 灶公 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 灶公 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 灶公 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 灶神公 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 灶公 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 灶翁 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 灶爺, 灶君老爺, 灶君, 灶王爺 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Shajing) | 灶神 |
| Southern Pinghua | Binyang (Xinqiao) | 灶神 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 灶王爺 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Chaoyang) | 灶神 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Zhuyuan) | 灶神 |
| Northern Pinghua | Lingchuan (Tanxia) | 灶神 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 灶家菩薩, 灶家老爺 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Songjiang) | 灶君老爺 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Jiading) | 灶老爺 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 灶君菩薩, 灶君公公 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 灶家菩薩, 灶家老爺 |
| Wu | Danyang | 灶老爺, 灶君菩薩 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 灶司菩薩 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 鑊灶佛 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 鑊灶老爺 |
| Wu | Jinhua (Tangxi) | 鑊頭老爺 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 灶公菩薩, 灶公司命 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 灶司公公 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 灶公菩薩 |
| Xiang | Guanyang (Wenshi) | 灶皇菩薩 |
| Xiangnan Tuhua | Jiangyong | 灶神菩薩 |

#### Derived terms

* 送灶君

#### Descendants

* → Vietnamese: Táo quân (灶君)
* → Vietnamese: ông Táo (partial calque)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 灶 | 君 |

### Proper noun

灶君
* chữ Hán form of Táo quân (“Kitchen God”).