釜 [－]

Jyutping fu2
Pinyin fǔ

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. kettle
  2. cauldron
Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. kettle/cauldron/pot/pan/an ancient unit of capacity
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 名詞
    煮食​嘅​工具​；​開口​圓形​，​底部​亦​係​圓形​，​容量​好大​，​可以​直接​放​喺​火​上面​燒​；​因為​體積​大​，​唔​實用​，​而家​唔​多​見
    Cauldron
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. character, obsolete
    A measure of capacity.
  2. character
    cauldron; pot; kettle
Definitions (Unihan)
  1. cauldron, pot, kettle
  2. Cangjie Input
    CKMGC
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    呢个城市人满为患，唯有釜底抽薪，控制人口，先可以解决问题。
    呢個城市人滿為患，唯有釜底抽薪，控制人口，先可以解決問題。
    ni1 go3 sing4 si5 jan4 mun5 wai4 waan6，wai4 jau5 fu2 dai2 cau1 san1，hung3 zai3 jan4 hau2，sin1 ho2 ji5 gaai2 kyut3 man6 tai4
    • Overpopulation of this city can only be solved by addressing its root cause - controlling population.
  2. 「煮豆燃豆萁，豆在釜中泣，本是同根生，相煎何太急。」
    「煮豆燃豆萁，豆在釜中泣，本是同根生，相煎何太急。」
    • Fueled by beanstalks, beans are boiling, the beans in the hot pot cry: "From the same root we are sibling, why eagerly us do you fry?"
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    釜底抽薪
    釜底抽薪
    fǔ dǐ chōu xīn
    • to extract the firewood from under the cauldron; to take drastic measures to deal with a situation [idiom]