# 煲

| 煲 | U+7172, &#29042; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7172 |
| ← 煱 [U+7171] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 煳 → [U+7173] |

## Translingual
### Han character

煲 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 人木火 (ODF), four-corner 2680$_9$, composition ⿱保火)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 678, character 16
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19260
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2218, character 15
* Unihan data for U+7172

## Chinese
### Etymology

| | Old Chinese |
| 襃 | *puː, *puː |
| 保 | *puːʔ |
| 堡 | *puːʔ |
| 褓 | *puːʔ |
| 堢 | *puːʔ |
| 緥 | *puːʔ |
| 葆 | *puːʔ |
| 賲 | *puːʔ |
| 宲 | *puːʔ |
| 椺 | *ɦmluːʔ, *ɢʷeːɡs, *ɢeːɡ |
The earliest attestation is found in Robert Morrison's A Dictionary of the Chinese Language (1815-1823) (Zhang, 2016).
There are various proposals regarding the etymology of the word:
* From Old Chinese:
** From 釜 (OC *baʔ, “pot; cauldron”) (Chan, 1995; Xu, 2002);
** From 鍑 (OC *puɡs, *puɡ, “pot; cauldron”) (Zhang Taiyan's Xin Fangyan);
** From 缶 (OC *puʔ, “earthen jar”) (Pan, 2016);
** From 缹 (OC *puʔ, “to cook”) (Kong, 1933).
* From a word in the language of the natives in Lingnan, recorded in 《北戶錄》 as 褒 (MC paw) (as in 褒牛頭) (Luo, 1960; Huang, 2011).
* From English boil (Zhang, 2016).
* From Hlai ʔbou¹¹ “to cook” (Zhan, 2002).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): bāo (bao$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): bou$^1$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): bau$^1$ / bau$^{1*}$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): pô
    (Meixian, Guangdong): bo$^1$
* Eastern Min (BUC): bŏ̤ / bō̤
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): po
    (Teochew, Peng'im): bao$^1$ / bu$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$pau
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bāo
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄠ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bao
*** Wade–Giles: pao$^1$
*** Yale: bāu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bau
*** Palladius: бао (bao)
*** Sinological IPA : /pɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: bou$^1$
*** Yale: bōu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: bou$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: bou$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /pou̯⁵⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: bau$^1$ / bau$^{1*}$
*** Sinological IPA : /pau³³/, /pau³³⁻³³⁵/
* bau1 - "to boil";
* bau1* - "pot".

### Definitions

煲
* (chiefly Cantonese) pot; kettle; cauldron (Classifier: 個／个 c)
* (chiefly Cantonese) food in a pot
    枝竹羊腩煲 [Cantonese] ― zi$^1$ zuk$^1$ joeng$^4$ naam$^5$ bou$^1$ [Jyutping] ― lamb brisket with bean curd in a pot
    魚香茄子煲／鱼香茄子煲 [Cantonese] ― jyu$^4$ hoeng$^1$ ke$^{4-2}$ zi$^2$ bou$^1$ [Jyutping] ― fish-fragrant eggplant in a pot
* (chiefly Cantonese, Teochew) to boil; to cook
    From: 2015, 紀曉華《水哥廚房：蒸．好生活》
    zi$^6$ dung$^6$ tai$^4$ si$^6$ bou$^2$ seoi$^2$ gung$^1$ nang$^4$ ho$^2$ ling$^6$ gaa$^1$ jung$^6$ din$^6$ zing$^1$ lou$^4$ jaa$^5$ bat$^1$ wui$^5$ jau$^5$ bou$^1$ gon$^1$ seoi$^2$ jan$^5$ faat$^3$ fo$^2$ ging$^2$ dik$^1$ ngai$^4$ him$^2$. [Jyutping]
    The ability to automatically remind people to add more water may result in electric household steamers no longer carrying the risk of triggering fire alarms when they become empty.
* (Cantonese) to smoke (a cigarette)
* (chiefly Cantonese) to do something for a long time
    煲劇／煲剧 [Cantonese] ― bou$^1$ kek$^6$ [Jyutping] ― to binge-watch drama
    煲電話粥／煲电话粥 [Cantonese] ― bou$^1$ din$^6$ waa$^{6-2}$ zuk$^1$ [Jyutping] ― to talk for hours on the telephone
* (Cantonese) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
    煲新聞／煲新闻 [Cantonese] ― bou$^1$ san$^1$ man$^{4-2}$ [Jyutping] ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    煲大件事 [Cantonese] ― bou$^1$ daai$^6$ gin$^6$ si$^6$ [Jyutping] ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 釜 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 鍋 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 鍋 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 鍋子, 鍋 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 鍋 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 鍋 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 鍋 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 鍋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 鍋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 鍋 †, 䀇子, 煲 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 鍋 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 鍋子, 鍋 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 鍋 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 鑊 †, 煲 ‡, 罉 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 鑊 †, 煲 ‡, 罉 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 鑊仔 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 鑊仔 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 鑊 †, 煲 ‡ |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 鑊 †, 煲 |
| Cantonese | Baise | 煲 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 鑊 †, 煲 ‡ |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 鑊 †, 煲 ‡ |
| Gan | Nanchang | 鍋 †, 鼎罐 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 鑊頭 †, 鑊 †, 煲, 煲仔, 烳鑼 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 鑊頭 † |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua) | 鑊 † |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua) | 鑊 † |
| Hakka | Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua) | 鑊頭 † |
| Hakka | Longmen (Pingling Bendihua) | 鑊仔 † |
| Hakka | Longmen (Luxi Bendihua) | 鑊 †, 鑊頭 † |
| Hakka | Boluo (Bendihua) | 鑊頭 † |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 鑊頭 † |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 炒鑊 † |
| Hakka | Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua) | 鑊仔 † |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua) | 鑊俅 † |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua) | 鑊俅 † |
| Hakka | Heping (Linzhai Bendihua) | 鑊 †, 鑊頭 †, 鑊仔蒂 † |
| Hakka | Lianping (Zhongxin Bendihua) | 鑊 † |
| Hakka | Lianping (Longjie Bendihua) | 鑊 † |
| Hakka | Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua) | 鑊頭 † |
| Hakka | Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua) | 鑊頭 †, 鑊仔 † |
| Hakka | Yudu | 鑊頭 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 鑊仔, 鑊頭 † |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 鑊仔, 鑊頭 † |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 鑊仔, 鑊頭 † |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 鑊, 鑊頭 † |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 鑊仔, 鑊頭 † |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 鑊, 鑊頭 † |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 鑊頭 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 鑊頭 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 鍋, 銚兒 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 鼎 †, 鍋仔, 鍋 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 鼎 †, 鍋鍋, 鍋 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 鼎 †, 鍋仔, 鍋 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 鼎 †, 鍋仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 鼎 †, 鍋仔 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 鼎 †, 鍋 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 鼎 †, 鍋 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 鼎 †, 鍋 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 鼎仔 †, 鍋 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 鼎 †, 鍋 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 鼎 †, 鍋 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 鼎 † |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 鼎 †, 鼎仔 †, 鍋仔, 鍋 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 鍋仔 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 鼎 †, 鍋 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 鼎 †, 鍋 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 鼎 †, 鍋 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 鼎 †, 鍋 ‡, 木磬 ‡ |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 鼎 †, 鍋 ‡ |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 鼎 †, 生鍋 ‡ |
| Southern Min | Medan (Hokkien) | 鼎 † |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 鼎 †, 鍋 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 鼎 †, 鍋 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 鼎 †, 鍋 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 鼎 †, 鍋 ‡ |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 鍋 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 鼎 †, 鍋 ‡ |
| Southern Min | Pontianak (Teochew) | 鍋 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 鼎 † |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 鼎 †, 鍋 ‡ |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 鐺 †, 煲 ‡ |
| Waxiang | Guzhang (Gaofeng) | 鼎 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 鑊子, 鍋子 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 鑊子 †, 鍋子 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 鑊 †, 鉛鍋兒, 鍋兒 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 鍋子, 鍋 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 鍋子 †, 爐倉 |
| Note | † - wok; ‡ - pot | † - wok; ‡ - pot |

### Compounds

* 同撈同煲／同捞同煲
* 大煲
* 掟煲
* 揸水煲
* 水煲
* 煲仔飯／煲仔饭 (bāozǎifàn)
* 煲冇米粥
* 煲冬瓜
* 煲劇／煲剧
* 煲呔
* 煲大
* 煲帶／煲带
* 煲機／煲机 (bāojī)
* 煲水
* 煲水新聞／煲水新闻
* 煲湯／煲汤 (bāotāng)
* 煲煙／煲烟
* 煲燶粥／煲㶶粥
* 煲粥 (bāozhōu)
* 煲老藕
* 煲電話粥／煲电话粥 (bāo diànhuàzhōu)
* 煲飯／煲饭
* 爆煲
* 瓦煲
* 砂煲
* 砂煲罌𦉘／砂煲罂𦉘
* 穿煲 (chuānbāo)
* 箍煲
* 茶煲
* 銻煲／锑煲
* 電水煲／电水煲
* 電飯煲／电饭煲