A wok is a big cooking pan with a round, deep, bowl-like shape and sloping sides, used all over Chinese cooking and now in most kitchens in Asia and beyond. Because the sides go up instead of out, the food can be pushed up the side to cool or pulled back down into the hot middle, so one pan can fry fast, boil, steam (with a rack), or deep-fry.

A wok wok 是 is a big cooking pan一種大型的鍋子 with a round, deep, bowl-like shape and sloping sides圓圓深深、像碗一樣、側邊是斜的, used all over Chinese cooking在中式料理裡到處都在用, and now in most kitchens in Asia and beyond現在亞洲甚至更多地方的廚房也都有. Because the sides go up instead of out因為側邊是往上斜而不是往外, the food can be pushed up the side to cool食物可以推到邊邊降溫, or pulled back down into the hot middle或拉回中間的熱區, so one pan can fry fast, boil, steam (with a rack), or deep-fry所以一個鍋子就能快炒、煮、（加蒸架）蒸、或油炸。

It is almost always made of thin metal — iron or steel — so it heats very quickly, and a well-used one turns black and smooth, which cooks say makes the food taste better.

It is almost always made of它幾乎都是用 thin metal薄的金屬做的 — iron or steel鐵或鋼 — so it heats very quickly所以升溫很快, and a well-used one turns black and smooth用久了會變得烏黑光滑, which cooks say makes the food taste better廚師說這樣煮出來的東西更好吃。

In English, 'wok' means the pan, not the food and not the cooking style; if you want the style you say 'stir-fry'.

In English在英文裡, 'wok'『wok』 means the pan指的是這個鍋子, not the food and not the cooking style不是食物也不是烹調方式；if you want the style如果你要講的是那種炒法 you say 'stir-fry'要說『stir-fry』。

It is a normal, everyday word in English now — no one thinks of it as a foreign word any more, and any supermarket will sell one.

It is它現在是 a normal, everyday word in English一個普通、日常的英文字 — no one thinks of it as a foreign word any more已經沒有人覺得它是外來語, and any supermarket will sell one任何一家超市都買得到。

You will also meet it as a loose verb ('wok the vegetables') and, more often, in the phrase 'wok hei' — the smoky taste a very hot wok gives food — which restaurant people in English use with real respect. Note that English uses 'wok' only for the round Chinese pan; the flat pan is a frying pan or skillet, and calling that a wok sounds wrong to an English ear.

You will also meet it你也會看到它 as a loose verb被隨性地當動詞用 ('wok the vegetables'像『wok the vegetables』) and, more often而更常見的是, in the phrase出現在片語 'wok hei'『wok hei』（鑊氣）裡 — the smoky taste a very hot wok gives food就是很燙的鍋子給食物帶來的那股煙燻味 — which restaurant people in English use with real respect英文裡的餐飲業人士講這個詞是真心尊敬的. Note that請注意 English uses 'wok' only for the round Chinese pan英文的 wok 只指這種圓底中式鍋; the flat pan is a frying pan or skillet平底鍋叫 frying pan 或 skillet, and calling that a wok sounds wrong to an English ear把那個叫 wok 在英語人士耳裡聽起來是不對的。