锅 guō cooking pot
cooking pot; cooking-pot; saucepan; pan
How to remember 锅: 钅 gold + 呙 crooked mouth = cooking pot. Grandma scrubs until the rim shines like gold, then smiles with her crooked mouth at her favourite old cooking pot.
Component breakdown
锅 = 钅 gold + 呙 crooked mouth
- 钅 gold
- 呙 crooked mouth
Grandma scrubs until the rim shines like gold, then smiles with her crooked mouth at her favourite old cooking pot.
How it is used
- Ordinary concrete noun for a pot or pan, and doubles as its own measure word: 一锅汤 (yì guō tāng) "a pot of soup."
- 火锅 huǒguō "hotpot" is one of the most common food words in Mandarin; 电饭锅 diànfànguō "rice cooker" is a household staple.