dry pot

noun

A Chinese dish, originally from the Hunan, Hubei and Sichuan provinces, made by wok-frying various ingredients (often a combination of meat and vegetables) and usually served hot on a metal pan, griddle or clay pot.

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Meanings

dry pot1

noundry pot (usually uncountable, plural dry pots)

plural dry pots

  1. uncountableusuallyA Chinese dish, originally from the Hunan, Hubei and Sichuan provinces, made by wok-frying various ingredients (often a combination of meat and vegetables) and usually served hot on a metal pan, griddle or clay pot.

dry pot2

noundry pot (plural dry pots)

plural dry pots

  1. card gamesAn empty side pot created when a player is all in and is called by at least two other players, but not raised. If subsequent betting occurs, the money will go to the dry pot.

Origin

Calque from Chinese 乾鍋／干锅 (gānguō).

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 乾鍋 /干锅, 乾鍋 /干锅
  • 乾鍋 /干锅 (gānguō)dish
  • 乾鍋 /干锅 (gānguō)poker term
Finnish dry pot, kuiva sivupotti
  • dry potdish
  • kuiva sivupottipoker term
Polish ganguo, dry pot
  • ganguodish
  • dry potpoker term
Cite this entry
APA

dry pot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dry%20pot

MLA

“dry pot.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dry%20pot. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dry pot,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dry%20pot.

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