开锅

開鍋
kāiguō
verb #43,813

Meanings

  1. 1 to come to the boil
  2. 2 to season a new wok
  3. 3 to be in an uproar

Examples

HSK 2
Děng kāiguō le zài xià jiǎozi.
Wait until the pot boils before you put the dumplings in.
HSK 5
Xiāoxi yì chuánkāi, zhěnggè cūnzi dōu kāiguō le.
As soon as the news got around, the whole village was in an uproar.
HSK 7-9
Wǒ nǎinai kāiguō de shíhou, xiān bǎ guō shāorè, zài yòng yí kuài féi zhūròu láihuí cā.
When my grandma seasons a new wok, she heats it first and then rubs it back and forth with a piece of pork fat.

Tips

usage
开 is 'to boil' here, as in 开水. A new cast-iron wok must be 开锅 before use: heated and rubbed with fat so it won't rust or stick. A noisy crowd is said to be 像开了锅一样 'like a pot coming to the boil'.

Stroke Order

开 kāi
锅 guō