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jiaozi

jiaozi

See also: jiàozi and jiǎozi

English

Noun

jiaozi

jiaozi ‎(plural jiaozi)

A Chinese crescent-shaped dumpling filled with a minced stuffing and steamed, boiled or fried; the Chinese equivalent of the Japanese gyoza. Jiaozi was introduced into Japan where it is popularized as gyoza.
I like to eat jiaozi as well as xiaolongbao.

Translations

Chinese dumplings

Chinese:

Cantonese: 餃子, 饺子 ‎(gaau² zi²), 餃, 饺 ‎(gaau²)

Hakka: 餃, 饺 ‎(kiáu)

Mandarin: 餃子 (zh), 饺子 (zh) ‎(jiǎozi), 餃兒, 饺儿 ‎(jiǎor), 餃餌 (zh), 饺饵 (zh) ‎(jiǎo'ěr)

Min Nan: 餃, 饺 ‎(kiáu), 水餃 (zh-min-nan), 水饺 ‎(chúi-kiáu)
French: jiaozi (fr) m, gyoza (fr) m

German: Jiaozi
Japanese: 餃子 (ja) ‎(ぎょうざ, gyōza), ギョーザ ‎(gyōza)
Korean: 만두 (ko) ‎(mandu) (饅頭 (ko))
Lao: ກ້ຽວ ‎(kiāu)
Russian: цзя́оцзы pl ‎(czjáoczy), гёдза (ru) pl ‎(gjódza), пельме́ни (ru) m pl ‎(pelʹméni)
Thai: เกี๊ยว (th) ‎(gíao), เกี๊ยวซ่า

See also

References

OED 2006