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Wok

2 stages from Cantonese to English.

Today it means a round-bottomed cooking pan used especially for stir-frying
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Stage 1 of 2
wok
Cantonese · medieval
"a round-bottomed cooking pan"
the round-bottomed cooking pan used across Chinese cuisine
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Stage 2 of 2
wok
English · 1900s
"a round-bottomed pan used for stir-frying"
adopted as Chinese cuisine spread internationally
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