Meaning of 电饭锅
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- electric rice cooker
How to use 电饭锅
电饭锅 is the everyday word for a rice cooker, found in almost every Chinese kitchen. It is often used with verbs like 用 (yòng) to use or 买 (mǎi) to buy. Example: 我用电饭锅煮饭。(Wǒ yòng diànfànguō zhǔ fàn.) I cook rice with a rice cooker.
Break it into three parts you may already know: 电 (diàn) electric, 饭 (fàn) cooked rice or meal, and 锅 (guō) pot. An electric rice pot is exactly what a rice cooker is.
Common mistake: Learners sometimes write 锅 (guō) with the wrong left side or confuse it with 过 (guò). 锅 has the metal radical 钅 because a pot is made of metal. Also keep 饭 in fourth tone (fàn), not third.
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电 diàn · lightning · 5 strokes
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饭 fàn · cooked rice · 7 strokes
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锅 guō · pot · 12 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 电饭锅.
| 电话 | diànhuà | telephone; phone call |
| 打电话 | dǎ diànhuà | to make a telephone call |
| 电影 | diànyǐng | movie; film |
| 吃饭 | chīfàn | to have a meal; to eat |
| 电视 | diànshì | television; TV |
| 电脑 | diànnǎo | computer |
| 午饭 | wǔfàn | lunch |
| 饭店 | fàndiàn | restaurant; hotel |
| 晚饭 | wǎnfàn | evening meal; dinner |
| 早饭 | zǎofàn | breakfast |
| 电影院 | diànyǐngyuàn | cinema; movie theater |
| 电视机 | diànshìjī | television set |
Questions about 电饭锅
What does 电饭锅 mean?
电饭锅 (diànfànguō) means "electric rice cooker" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 电饭锅?
电饭锅 is made of 3 characters: 电 (5 strokes), 饭 (7 strokes), 锅 (12 strokes). That is 24 strokes in total.
Is 电饭锅 an HSK word?
Yes. 电饭锅 is on the HSK 5 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 电饭锅 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 电饭锅 is written 電飯鍋.
What measure word is used with 电饭锅?
The most common measure word is 个 (gè), as in 一个电饭锅 (yí ge diànfànguō). You may also hear 台 (tái), which is used for machines and appliances.
Is there a shorter or different word for rice cooker?
Some people say 电饭煲 (diànfànbāo), which is common in southern China and Hong Kong. 电饭锅 is the standard term in mainland Mandarin.