Chinese Word Entry

餃子

Simplified Chinese form: 饺子

Mandarin (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄗ˙
Mandarin (Pinyin): jiǎo zi
Cantonese (Jyutping): gaau2 zi2
Definitions:
  1. dumpling

  2. pot-sticker
    (classifier: [个] / [只])


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Chinese characters used in this word

gyoza, stuffed dumplings
Readings
Mandarin: ㄐㄧㄠˇ (jiǎo), ㄐㄧㄚˇ (jiǎ), ㄐㄧㄠˋ (jiào)
Cantonese: gaau2
Japanese: ギョウ (gyou)、 キョウ (kyou)、 コウ (kou) / あめ (ame)
Korean: 교 (gyo)
Vietnamese: giáo
Variants
Simplified Chinese form:

child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac, offspring, fruit, seed of, first earthly branch
Readings
Mandarin: ㄗˇ (zǐ), ㄗˊ (zí), ㄗ˙ (zi)
Cantonese: zi2
Japanese: シ (shi)、 ス (su)、 ツ (tsu) / こ (ko)、 -こ (-ko)、 ね (ne)、 み (mi)、 おとこ (otoko)
Korean: 자 (ja)
Vietnamese: tử, tý, tí
Variants
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