Surface analysis hot + pot . For sense of stewed meat and potatoes, compare French pot-au-feu . For the sense of a communal meal cooked at the table, Calque of Chinese 火鍋 / 火锅 .
hot pot (usually uncountable , plural hot pots )
( chiefly UK ) A stew of beef or lamb and potatoes .
Synonyms: casserole , stew
A communal meal , popular in China , where diners share a bowl of hot broth or stock into which uncooked foods such as mushrooms, vegetables, and cuts of meat are dipped until they are cooked enough to be eaten.
Synonym: ( Singapore ) steamboat
( countable ) A jacuzzi or hot tub .
stew of beef or lamb and potatoes
communal meal in China
Chinese:
Cantonese: 火鍋 / 火锅 ( fo2 wo1 ) , 打邊爐 / 打边炉 (yue) ( daa2 bin1 lou4 )
Hakka: 火鑊 / 火镬 ( fó-vo̍k )
Hokkien: 火鍋 / 火锅 (zh-min-nan) ( hó-ko )
Mandarin: 火鍋 / 火锅 (zh) ( huǒguō ) , 涮鍋子 / 涮锅子 (zh) ( shuànguōzi )
Danish: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: hotpot
French: fondue chinoise f
German: Feuertopf m , Hotpot n , chinesisches Fondue n
Japanese: 火鍋 ( ひなべ, hinabe; フゥオグゥオ, fwogwo ) , 鍋 (ja) ( なべ, nabe ) , ホットポット ( hottopotto )
Khmer: នាំងភ្លើង ( nĕəngphləəng ) , យ៉ៅហន ( yaw hɑɑn )
Korean: 훠궈(火鍋) ( hwogwo ) , 핫팟 ( hatpat )
Lao: ຫມໍ້ຮ້ອນ ( mǭ hǭn ) , ໝໍ້ຮ້ອນ ( mǭ hǭn ) , ຊີ້ນດາດ ( sīn dāt ) , ສຸກີ້ ( su kī )
Manchu: ᡥᠠᠯᡥᡡᠨ ᠮᡠᠴᡝᠨ ( halhūn mucen )
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
Russian: хого (ru) n ( xovo ) ( indeclinable ) , хо-го n ( xo-go ) ( indeclinable ) , хот-по́т m ( xot-pót )
Spanish: olla caliente f
Thai: หม้อไฟ (th) ( mɔ̂ɔ-fai )
Uyghur: يەل قازان ( yel qazan )
Vietnamese: lẩu (vi)