HSK 6 · Food

涮火锅 shuànhuǒguō “to eat hotpot” in Chinese

Traditional 涮火鍋

What 涮火锅 means

  1. to eat hotpot
  2. to dip-boil food in hotpot

How to say 涮火锅

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale涮shuàn4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale火huǒ3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale锅guō1st tone, high and level

涮火锅 in a sentence

  1. 冬天大家都喜欢涮火锅。

    Dōngtiān dàjiā dōu xǐhuan shuànhuǒguō.

    In winter everyone likes eating hotpot.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 今晚我们去涮火锅吧。

    Jīnwǎn wǒmen qù shuànhuǒguō ba.

    Let’s go for hotpot tonight.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 涮火锅 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 涮 (shuàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
涮shuànto rinse; to swish
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
  • 刷brush · shuāSound part

氵 hints at the meaning (water); 刷 (shuā) hints at the sound. Compare it with shuàn.

The character 火 (huǒ) with each of its parts in a different colour
火huǒfire
  • 丷eight form of 八 · bā
  • 人person · rén

Memory aidDrawn from rising flames.

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 涮火锅

涮 11 strokes · 火 4 strokes · 锅 12 strokes

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涮火锅 (shuànhuǒguō) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 涮火锅 (shuànhuǒguō). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 涮火锅

Words with 火

火车huǒchē · train火车站huǒchēzhàn · train station火huǒ · fire着火zháohuǒ · to catch fire火柴huǒchái · match (for lighting fire)恼火nǎohuǒ · annoyed火箭huǒjiàn · rocket火药huǒyào · gunpowder火焰huǒyàn · flame

Words with 锅

锅guō · pot

More words: Food & Dining

狼吞虎咽lángtūnhǔyàn · to wolf down (food)烹饪pēngrèn · cooking品尝pǐncháng · to taste清真qīngzhēn · halal素食sùshí · vegetarian food调料tiáoliào · seasoning馅儿xiànr · filling腥xīng · fishy (smell or taste)

FAQs

涮火锅 (shuànhuǒguō) means “to eat hotpot” or “to dip-boil food in hotpot”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it shuànhuǒguō: shuàn with a 4th tone, then huǒ with a 3rd tone, then 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, 涮火锅 is written 涮火鍋. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shuanhuoguo with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 涮火锅 from the suggestions. Typing shuanhuoguo into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
涮火锅 is an HSK 6 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.