干锅

Traditional form:

乾鍋

Pinyin (reading):

gānguō

Definitions:

• dry pot, a type of dish in which ingredients are wok-fried, then served hot in a clay pot or on a metal pan

Characters:

• 干 - arid, dry; to oppose; to offend; to invade
• 锅 - cooking-pot, saucepan

Traditional characters:

• 乾 - arid, dry; to fertilize; to penetrate; heavenly generative principle (male)
• 鍋 - cooking-pot, saucepan