pot; hot pot; bowl of a pipe
Meanings
3 senses · 10 examplesnoun
pot; pan; wok
dialectRegional variant of 锅, commonly used in northern dialects to refer to cooking vessels.
The big cooking pot our family uses is very old.
Northerners like to use big pots to stew dishes.
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This pot is made of iron; it's especially heavy.
noun
bowl (of a pipe); pot-like part of an object
Refers to the concave, pot-shaped part of objects, especially the bowl of a smoking pipe.
Grandpa is filling tobacco into the pipe bowl.
The bowl of this pipe is cracked; it needs to be replaced.
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He tapped the pipe bowl with his finger to knock out the ash.
noun
hot pot
informalColloquial abbreviation for 火锅, commonly used in dining contexts, especially in northern China.
Let's go eat hot pot together this winter.
The hot pot at this restaurant is especially spicy; I can't really handle it.
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We had mutton hot pot at a friends gathering this weekend.
Boiling meat in copper hot pots is a traditional Beijing custom.