Definition

1. Noun:
   • A small cooking pot: A small, typically earthenware or clay pot used for cooking, often with a lid. It is traditionally used for simmering or braising dishes over low heat.
   • A specific dish cooked in such a pot: Can refer to a dish that is named after and cooked in this type of pot, such as "niêu cơm" (clay pot rice).

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Mẹ tôi dùng cái niêu đất để kho cá. (My mother uses the earthenware pot to braise fish.)
  • Nhà hàng này nổi tiếng với món cơm niêu. (This restaurant is famous for its clay pot rice.)
  • Cái niêu nhỏ vừa đủ nấu cho hai người ăn. (The small pot is just enough to cook for two people.)

Advanced Usage

• "Cơm niêu": Literally "niêu rice," refers to rice cooked in a small clay pot, a traditional Vietnamese dish where the rice develops a crispy bottom layer.

  • Cơm niêu thường được ăn kèm với thịt kho hoặc cá kho. (Clay pot rice is usually eaten with braised pork or fish.)

• "Niêu đất" / "Niêu đất nung": Specifies an earthenware or terracotta pot, emphasizing the material.

  • Thức ăn nấu bằng niêu đất có hương vị đặc biệt. (Food cooked in an earthenware pot has a special flavor.)

Variants and Related Words

• Nồi đất (n): Earthenware pot. A more general term for a clay cooking pot, which can be larger than a .
• Ấm đất (n): Earthenware teapot. A pot made of similar material but specifically for brewing tea.
• Lẩu (n): Hot pot. A different type of cooking vessel and meal, not to be confused with .

Synonyms

• Nồi nhỏ (n): Small pot. A general descriptive term.
• Bát nhỏ (n): Small bowl. While different in shape and sometimes use, it can be contextually similar for serving very small portions.

Related Phrases (Collocations)

• Nấu bằng niêu: To cook using a pot.
  • Cá kho tộ ngon nhất khi được nấu bằng niêu đất trên bếp than. (Caramelized fish in a pot is best when cooked in an earthenware pot on a charcoal stove.)
• Niêu cơm: A specifically for cooking rice; also the name of the dish.
  • Tiếng niêu cơm sôi nghe rất vui tai. (The sound of the clay pot rice boiling is very pleasant to hear.)

Related Idioms

• "Nhỏ như cái niêu": (As) small as a pot. Used to describe something very small in size.
  • Căn phòng trọ của anh ấy nhỏ như cái niêu. (His rented room is as small as a cooking pot.)

1. Small [cooking-]pot