jiaozi

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A Chinese crescent-shaped dumpling filled with a minced stuffing and steamed, boiled or fried; the Chinese originator or predecessor of the Japanese gyoza.

/ˈd͡ʒjaʊ.d͡ʒi/ jyou′dzœ′

jiaozi jiaozis chiao-tze jiao zi

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 餃子／饺子 (jiǎozi). Doublet of gyoza.

Peking ravioli

potsticker gyoza pelmeni

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