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锅

guō

HSK 5 Character Traditional 鍋 Measure word 口、只

What 锅 means

1. pot; pan; wok; cauldron
2. pot-shaped thing

Example sentences

• 小锅柄长。
  Small pots have long handles.
• 炒锅在哪里？
  Where is the wok?
• 把平底锅离火。
  Bǎ píngdǐguō lí huǒ.
  Take the pan off the fire.
• 把锅铲递给我。
  Pass me the spatula.
• 锅铲被你怎么了？
  What did you do with the spatula?
• 我去用锅煎一个蛋。
  Wǒ qù yòng guō jiān yī gè dàn.
  I am going to fry an egg in a pan.

Words starting with 锅

• 锅炉guō lúboiler
• 锅底guō dǐthe bottom of a pot or pan; hotpot broth
• 锅盖guō gàisaucepan lid; (satellite) dish
• 锅子guō zipot; pan; wok; cauldron; pot-shaped thing; hotpot
• 锅贴guō tiēfried dumpling; potsticker
• 锅碗瓢盆guō wǎn piáo pénkitchen utensils (literary)
• 锅巴guō bāguoba (scorched rice at the bottom of the pan)
• 锅台guō táitop of a kitchen range
• 锅垫guō diàntrivet; pot-holder
• 锅灶guō zàostove; cooking burner
• 锅盖头guō gài tóubowl cut (hairstyle)
• 锅烧意面guō shāo yì miànnabeyaki egg noodles
• 锅铲guō chǎnwok spatula; cooking spatula
• 锅盔guō kuīlarge round baked wheat pancake
• 锅驼机guō tuó jīportable steam engine

Words containing 锅

• 火锅huǒ guōhotpot; (basketball) a blocked shot; a block
• 大锅dà guōa big wok; cauldron
• 二锅头èr guō tóuerguotou (sorghum liquor)
• 油锅yóu guōa deep fryer
• 砂锅shā guōcasserole; earthenware pot
• 铁锅tiě guōiron cooking pot
• 下锅xià guōto put into the pot (to cook)
• 回锅huí guōto cook again; to rewarm food
• 电饭锅diàn fàn guōelectric rice cooker
• 热锅上的蚂蚁rè guō shang de mǎ yǐ(like) a cat on a hot tin roof; anxious; agitated
• 烧锅shāo guōa still (for distilling alcohol)
• 大锅饭dà guō fànmeal cooked in a large pot; communal meal; (fig.) system that rewards everyone equally…
• 干锅gān guōdry pot, a type of dish in which ingredients are wok-fried, then served hot in a clay pot…
• 分锅fēn guō(dialect) to set up separate households; (sports etc) to analyze the reasons for a defeat
• 平锅píng guōpan
• 快锅kuài guōpressure cooker (Tw)
• 汽锅qì guōsteamer (for cooking)
• 漏锅lòu guōcolander; strainer; sieve
• 滤锅lǜ guōcolander
• 炸锅zhà guō(of food) to burst out of the pot; (fig.) to be in an uproar
• 罗锅luó guōto hunch one's back (coll.); a hunchback
• 背锅bēi guō(slang) (neologism derived from 背黑锅
• 蒸锅zhēng guōsteamer
• 开锅kāi guōto season a wok; to take the lid off a pot; (of the contents of a pot) to start to boil

Characters built on 呙

These share the phonetic component 呙 (wāi), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 祸huòdisaster; misfortune; calamity
• 涡guōname of a river
• 埚guōcrucible

Characters that look like 锅

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 锡xītin (chemistry); to bestow; to confer
• 铜tóngcopper (chemistry); see also 红铜
• 锦jǐnbrocade; embroidered work; bright
• 馅xiànfilling; stuffing (for dumplings, pies etc)
• 锑tīantimony (chemistry)
• 馄húnused in 馄饨

Sounds the same

Read guō, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 郭outer city wall
• 埚crucible
• 涡name of a river
• 聒raucous; clamor; unpleasantly noisy
• 蝈small green cicada or frog (meaning unclear, possibly onom.)…
• 啯sound of swallowing; croak
• 崞name of a mountain
• 𭚦(literary) to draw one's bow to the full; Taiwan pr. kuò
• 过surname Guo
• 呙surname Guo
• 彉variant of 彍