消毒锅

消毒鍋

xiāodúguō

noun

Measure Word

一台消毒锅 tái

Meanings

1 sterilizer (for baby bottles)
2 steam sterilizer
3 UV sterilizing pot

Characters

Examples

宝宝的奶瓶用完都放消毒锅里消一下。

Bǎobao de nǎipíng yòng wán dōu fàng xiāodúguō lǐ xiāo yíxià.

After every use, we put the baby's bottles in the sterilizer.

这台消毒锅带烘干功能,挺方便。

Zhè tái xiāodúguō dài hōnggān gōngnéng, tǐng fāngbiàn.

This sterilizer has a drying function — really convenient.

Tips

usage

消毒锅 is mostly used in the baby-product context — sterilizing bottles, pacifiers, and feeding utensils via steam or UV. For commercial-kitchen / restaurant chopstick sterilizers, 消毒柜 (xiāodúguì, 'sterilizing cabinet') is more common.

Stroke Order

消 xiāo

毒 dú

锅 guō