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I didn't realize there were regionalisms with things as simple as the wok!
As someone who grew up in a Cantonese-speaking household, we would call the wok a 鑊 , which I presume is where the transliteration of 'wok' came from.
Mandarin / Standard Chinese / northerners call the same thing a 锅 , which I would usually associate as a pot for a broth or stew (perhaps a 煮锅?).
My guess is that there are at least a few regionalisms in terms of kitchen utensils!
Posted on: Utensils in the New Kitchen
November 6, 2010 at 5:47 AMI didn't realize there were regionalisms with things as simple as the wok!
As someone who grew up in a Cantonese-speaking household, we would call the wok a 鑊 , which I presume is where the transliteration of 'wok' came from.
Mandarin / Standard Chinese / northerners call the same thing a 锅 , which I would usually associate as a pot for a broth or stew (perhaps a 煮锅?).
My guess is that there are at least a few regionalisms in terms of kitchen utensils!