锅 (guō): pot
锅 (guō) is a Chinese character meaning “pot.” Classified as HSK Level 5 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 钅 (semantic) and 呙 (phonetic). It ranks #2040 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 锅 metal. Its radical form 钅 (metal) appears in many related characters such as 钱 (qián, money), 错 (cuò, wrong, mistake), 钟 (zhōng, clock, bell).
Definitions
- pot
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 锅
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 背黑锅 | bēi hēi guō | to be made a scapegoat |
| 锅炉 | guō lú | boiler |
| 砂锅 | shā guō | casserole |
| 平底锅 | píng dǐ guō | frying pan |
| 一锅粥 | yī guō zhōu | (lit.) a pot of porridge |
| 锅子 | guō zi | pot |
| 锅巴 | guō bā | guoba (scorched rice at the bottom of the pan) |
| 锅盖 | guō gài | saucepan lid |
| 锅贴 | guō tiē | fried dumpling |
| 开锅 | kāi guō | to season a wok |
| 蒸锅 | zhēng guō | steamer |
| 铁锅 | tiě guō | iron cooking pot |
| 沙锅 | shā guō | variant of 砂鍋|砂锅[sha1 guo1] |
| 一锅端 | yī guō duān | see 連鍋端|连锅端[lian2 guo1 duan1] |
| 高压锅 | gāo yā guō | pressure cooker |
锅 appears in 89 compound words: 17 as the first character, 60 as the last, and 24 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 锅 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (5)
to smash pots and pans and sell the iron; to give away all one has; to spend one's last penny
Example Sentences
这个锅是不锈钢的，不容易生锈，清洗也很方便。
Zhè gè guō shì bùxiùgāng de, bù róngyì shēngxiù, qīngxǐ yě hěn fāngbiàn.
This pot is stainless steel; it doesn't rust easily and is easy to clean.
...盘、满1000送2000!王品、肉多多吃锅享优惠 加码送汤圆
. . . pán , mǎn 1 0 0 0 sòng 2 0 0 0 ! wáng pǐn , ròu duō duō chī guō xiǎng yōu huì jiā mǎ sòng tāng yuán
... Plate, get 2000 free for 1000! Wang Pin, eat a lot of meat and enjoy discounts and get glutinous rice balls
军车载枪无交管害2命 国军遭控冷血甩锅
jūn chē zài qiāng wú jiāo guǎn hài 2 mìng guó jūn zāo kòng lěng xiě shuǎi guō
The military vehicle gun was killed by 2 people without traffic control, and the national army was accused of cold-blooded dumping
军车撞死母女! 驾驶兵背锅判刑10个月
jūn chē zhuàng sǐ mǔ nǚ ! jià shǐ bīng bèi guō pàn xíng 1 0 gè yuè
The military vehicle hit the mother and daughter to death! The driver was sentenced to 10 months in prison
韩马利中山大宅跟北方煮锅贴过年 圈中老公杜燕歌系清朝皇族后裔
hán mǎ lì zhōng shān dà zhái gēn běi fāng zhǔ guō tiē guò nián juān zhōng lǎo gōng dù yān gē xì qīng cháo huáng zú hòu yì
Han Mali's Zhongshan mansion cooks potstickers in the north for the New Year, and her husband Du Yange in the circle is a descendant of the Qing Dynasty royal family
浙江男子铁锅里泡澡,底下还烧着火,一个接一个!杭州....
zhè jiāng nán zǐ tiě guō lǐ pāo zǎo , de xià hái shāo zhe huǒ , yī gě jiē yī gě ! háng zhōu . . . .
Zhejiang man in the iron pot bath, underneath the fire, one after another! Hangzhou ....
把胡萝卜放在锅里。
Bǎ húluóbo fàng zài guō lǐ.
Put the carrots in the pot.
汤姆从抽屉里拿出一把锅铲。
Tāngmǔ cóng chōuti lǐ náchū yī bǎ guōchǎn.
Tom took a spatula out of the drawer.
汤姆找不到锅铲了，只好用夹子为煎饼翻面。
Tāngmǔ zhǎobudào guōchǎn le, zhǐhǎo yòng jiāzi wèi jiānbǐng fān miàn.
Unable to find a spatula, Tom used tongs to flip the pancakes.
我把蔬菜在煎锅里糖渍。
Wǒ bǎ shūcài zài jiānguō lǐ táng zì.
I candy the vegetables in the frying pan.
Character Family
钅 Radical Family — Characters sharing the metal radical
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