# 一锅粥 (yīguōzhōu)

In Mandarin Chinese, 一锅粥 (yīguōzhōu) means “a complete mess; chaos”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: a complete mess; chaos
- Pinyin: yīguōzhōu (yi1 guo1 zhou1)
- Traditional: 一鍋粥
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 厨房里乱成了一锅粥。
  Chúfáng lǐ luàn chéng le yīguōzhōu.
  The kitchen was in a complete mess.

## Characters

- [一](https://hanziro.com/word/yi-one/) (yī): one
- [锅](https://hanziro.com/word/guo-pot/) (guō): pot; pan
- [粥](https://hanziro.com/word/zhou-porridge/) (zhōu): porridge; congee

https://hanziro.com/word/yi-guo-zhou-complete-mess/

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