沙锅 (shā guō) — clay pot, earthenware pot (used for stewing and slow cooking)

Definition

noun
clay potearthenware pot (used for stewing and slow cooking)
Measure word · 口

Examples

  • 沙锅。
    Yòng shā guō dùn de jī tāng wèi dào tè bié xiān měi.
    Chicken soup stewed in a clay pot tastes especially delicious.
  • 沙锅,。
    Zhè ge shā guō shì yé ye chuán xià lái de, yǐ jīng yòng le èr shí duō nián.
    This clay pot was handed down from my grandfather and has been used for over twenty years.
  • 沙锅。
    Tā zài shì chǎng mǎi le yí gè xīn de shā guō lái bāo tāng.
    She bought a new clay pot at the market to make soup.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

沙 is sand and 锅 is a pot, so it names an earthenware pot.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

沙 puts 少 (dots) beside 水 (water), showing sand on a shoreline.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 鍋; 锅 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
金金jīnmetal
Sound part声符shēngfú
咼
咼wāi鍋guō
Same sound today

In the traditional form 鍋, 金 marks metal and 咼 provides the sound; the simplified 锅 is a later shorthand.

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