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锅
guō
Description
锅是做饭的时候用的东西，我们用它来煮东西或者炒菜。
A 锅 is something used when cooking; we use it to boil or stir-fry food.
厨房里有很多种锅，有大的，也有小的。
There are many kinds of 锅 in the kitchen, some big and some small.
Meanings
锅guō
pot; pan; wok for cooking
我用这个锅煮汤。
I use this pot to cook soup.
火锅huǒguō
hot pot (a shared boiling-pot meal)
天冷了，我们去吃火锅吧。
It's cold, let's go eat hot pot.
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Notes
- Etymology
锅 originally meant a metal cooking vessel; the 钅 radical shows its metal origin.
- Nuance
锅 covers many cookware types; add words like 炒锅 (wok) or 汤锅 (soup pot) to specify.
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