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Translingual
Han character
煲 (Kangxi radical 86, 火 +9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 人木火 (ODF ), four-corner 26809 , composition ⿱保 火 )
References
Kangxi Dictionary: not present , would follow page 678 , character 16
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19260
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2218, character 15
Unihan data for U+7172
Chinese
Etymology
The earliest attestation is found in Robert Morrison 's A Dictionary of the Chinese Language (1815-1823 ) (Zhang, 2016 ).
There are various proposals regarding the etymology of the word:
Pronunciation
Note :
bau1 - "to boil";
bau1* - "pot".
Note :
bŏ̤ - "to boil";
bō̤ - "pot".
Note :
bao1 - "pot";
bu5 - "to boil".
Various kinds of 煲 (2).
Definitions
煲
( chiefly Cantonese ) pot ; kettle ; cauldron (Classifier : 個 / 个 c )
( chiefly Cantonese ) food in a pot
枝竹 羊腩 煲 [Cantonese ] ― zi1 zuk1 joeng4 naam5 bou1 ― lamb brisket with bean curd in a pot
魚香茄子 煲 / 鱼香茄子 煲 [Cantonese ] ― jyu4 hoeng1 ke4-2 zi2 bou1 ― fish-fragrant eggplant in a pot
( chiefly Cantonese , Teochew ) to boil ; to cook
( Cantonese ) to smoke (a cigarette )
( chiefly Cantonese ) to do something for a long time
煲 劇/ 煲 剧 [Cantonese ] ― bou1 kek6 ― to binge-watch drama
煲 電話粥/ 煲 电话粥 [Cantonese ] ― bou1 din6 waa6-2 zuk1 ― to talk for hours on the telephone
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煲 新聞 / 煲 新闻 [Cantonese ] ― bou1 san1 man4-2 ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
煲 大 件 事 [Cantonese ] ― bou1 daai6 gin6 si6 ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
鍋 (“wok; cooking pot”)
Variety
Location
Words
Classical Chinese
釜
Formal (Written Standard Chinese )
鍋
Mandarin
Beijing
鍋
Taiwan
鍋子 , 鍋
Jinan
鍋
Xi'an
鍋
Wuhan
鍋 † , 䀇子 , 煲
Chengdu
鍋
Guilin
鍋
Yangzhou
鍋子 , 鍋
Hefei
鍋
Malaysia
鍋
Singapore
鍋
Cantonese
Guangzhou
鑊 † , 煲 ‡ , 罉
Hong Kong
鑊 † , 煲 ‡ , 罉
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)
鑊仔
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
鑊仔
Dongguan
鑊 † , 煲 ‡
Yangjiang
鑊 † , 煲
Baise
煲
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
鑊 † , 煲 ‡
Singapore (Guangfu)
鑊 † , 煲 ‡
Gan
Nanchang
鍋 † , 鼎罐
Hakka
Meixian
鑊頭 † , 鑊 † , 煲 , 煲仔 , 烳鑼
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)
鑊頭 †
Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua)
鑊 †
Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua)
鑊 †
Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua)
鑊頭 †
Longmen (Pingling Bendihua)
鑊仔 †
Longmen (Luxi Bendihua)
鑊 † , 鑊頭 †
Boluo (Bendihua)
鑊頭 †
Wuhua (Huacheng)
鑊頭 †
Heyuan (Bendihua)
炒鑊 †
Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua)
鑊仔 †
Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua)
鑊俅 †
Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua)
鑊俅 †
Heping (Linzhai Bendihua)
鑊 † , 鑊頭 † , 鑊仔蒂 †
Lianping (Zhongxin Bendihua)
鑊 †
Lianping (Longjie Bendihua)
鑊 †
Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua)
鑊頭 †
Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua)
鑊頭 † , 鑊仔 †
Yudu
鑊頭
Miaoli (N. Sixian)
鑊仔 , 鑊頭 †
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
鑊仔 , 鑊頭 †
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
鑊仔 , 鑊頭 †
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
鑊 , 鑊頭 †
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
鑊仔 , 鑊頭 †
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
鑊 , 鑊頭 †
Hong Kong
鑊頭
Senai (Huiyang)
鑊頭
Jin
Taiyuan
鍋 , 銚兒
Northern Min
Jian'ou
鼎 † , 鍋仔 , 鍋
Eastern Min
Fuzhou
鼎 † , 鍋鍋 , 鍋
Southern Min
Xiamen
鼎 † , 鍋仔 , 鍋
Quanzhou
鼎 † , 鍋仔
Zhangzhou
鼎 † , 鍋仔
Taipei
鼎 † , 鍋
New Taipei (Sanxia)
鼎 † , 鍋
Kaohsiung
鼎 † , 鍋
Yilan
鼎仔 † , 鍋
Changhua (Lukang)
鼎 † , 鍋
Taichung
鼎 † , 鍋
Taichung (Wuqi)
鼎 †
Tainan
鼎 † , 鼎仔 † , 鍋仔 , 鍋
Taitung
鍋仔
Hsinchu
鼎 † , 鍋
Kinmen
鼎 † , 鍋
Penghu (Magong)
鼎 † , 鍋
Penang (Hokkien)
鼎 † , 鍋 ‡ , 木磬 ‡
Singapore (Hokkien)
鼎 † , 鍋 ‡
Manila (Hokkien)
鼎 † , 生鍋 ‡
Medan (Hokkien)
鼎 †
Chaozhou
鼎 † , 鍋
Shantou
鼎 † , 鍋
Jieyang
鼎 † , 鍋
Bangkok (Teochew)
鼎 † , 鍋 ‡
Johor Bahru (Teochew)
鍋
Singapore (Teochew)
鼎 † , 鍋 ‡
Pontianak (Teochew)
鍋
Wenchang
鼎 †
Singapore (Hainanese)
鼎 † , 鍋 ‡
Southern Pinghua
Nanning (Tingzi)
鐺 † , 煲 ‡
Waxiang
Guzhang (Gaofeng)
鼎
Wu
Shanghai
鑊子 , 鍋子
Suzhou
鑊子 † , 鍋子
Wenzhou
鑊 † , 鉛鍋兒 , 鍋兒
Xiang
Changsha
鍋子 , 鍋
Shuangfeng
鍋子 † , 爐倉
Note
† - wok; ‡ - pot
Compounds