HSK 5 · Food

锅 guō “pot” in Chinese

Traditional 鍋

What 锅 means

  1. pot
  2. pan
  3. wok
  4. cauldron
  5. pot-shaped thing

Measure word 口 kǒu or 只 zhī · 一口锅 yì kǒu guō

How to say 锅

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale锅guō1st tone, high and level

锅 in a sentence

  1. 把胡萝卜放在锅里。

    Bǎ húluóbo fàng zài guō lǐ.

    Put the carrots in the pot.

    Sentence #441306 from Tatoeba

  2. 用纸巾把那口锅擦干。

    Yòng zhǐjīn bǎ nà kǒu guō cāgān.

    Wipe the pan dry with a paper towel.

    Sentence #8574653 from Tatoeba

  3. 吃火锅的时候，气氛往往是非常热闹的。

    Chī huǒguō de shíhou, qìfēn wǎngwǎng shì fēicháng rènao de.

    The atmosphere is usually really lively when people eat hot pot.

    Sentence #4031880 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 锅 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 锅 (guō) with each of its parts in a different colour
锅guōpot; pan; wok; cauldron
  • 钅gold form of 金 · jīnMeaning part
  • 呙to chat · wāiSound part

钅 hints at the meaning (gold); 呙 (wāi) hints at the sound. Compare it with guō.

How to write 锅

锅 12 strokes

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锅 (guō) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 锅 (guō). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 锅

Words with 锅

涮火锅shuànhuǒguō · to eat hotpot

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FAQs

锅 (guō) means “pot” or “pan”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it guō: guō with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 锅 is written 鍋. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 口 (kǒu) or 只 (zhī). For example, one pot is 一口锅 (yì kǒu guō).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type guo with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 锅 from the suggestions. Typing guo into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
锅 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.