餃子

See also: 饺子

Chinese

dumplings with meat filling
 
child; son; (noun suffix)
child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (餃子)
simp. (饺子)

Etymology

See (jiǎo).

Pronunciation


Noun

餃子

  1. crescent-shaped dumpling; jiaozi; gyoza
  2. (dialectal) wonton (Chinese dumpling stuffed with meat or seafood and vegetables)

Synonyms

  • (jiaozi):
  • (wonton):

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: jiaozi
  • Japanese: 餃子 (gyōza)

Japanese

餃子 (gyōza): a plate of raw dumplings or potstickers, ready to be fried, boiled, or steamed.
Kanji in this term
ぎょう
Hyōgaiji

Grade: 1
kan’yōon irregular

Etymology

Borrowed from Mandarin 餃子饺子,[1][2][3] possibly from a Mandarin variety without significant palatalization (i.e. *giaozi), or from a non-Mandarin variety of Chinese. Compare also Korean 교자(餃子) (gyoja).

Pronunciation

Noun

(ぎょう)() or 餃子(ギョウザ) or 餃子(ギョーザ) • (gyōza) 

  1. gyoza: a kind of dumpling or potsticker with a thin skin, traditionally made with minced pork and then fried, boiled, or steamed

Derived terms

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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