what is hot pot mean?

Hot pot, also known as the Mongolian Hot Pot, usually refers to Chinese varieties of steamboat stew.

Huo Guo (Traditional Chinese: 火鍋; Simplified Chinese: 火锅; pinyin: huǒguō) is the Chinese name for "hot pot", where huǒ means "fire", while guō refers to "pot".

Chinese Fondue is an English term used more commonly in Western countries.

Da been lo (打邊爐) is the common Cantonese terminology for hot pot which translates literally into "hitting the side of the pot."

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一些以熱鍋形式上菜的食物,如煲仔飯.熱騰騰的芝士焗波菜等.

解作: 打邊爐（火鍋）

It means 火鍋 (打逿爐）

直接翻譯是熱的煲/鍋
亦用以指打邊爐的吃法

打邊爐, 火煱.............