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饺子

jiǎo zi

HSK 4 2-character word Traditional 餃子 Measure word 个、只

What 饺子 means

1. dumpling
2. pot-sticker

The characters in 饺子

• 饺jiǎodumplings with meat filling
• 子zinoun suffix, as in 椅子

Example sentences

• 我很想吃饺子。
  I feel like having some dumplings.
• 这饺子是什么馅的啊？
  Zhè jiǎozi shì shénme xiàn de a?
  What is the filling in these dumplings?
• 这饺子是什幺馅的啊？
  What is the filling in these dumplings?
• 晚上我们去吃饺子，好吗？
  We're going out for dumplings in the evening, all right?
• 饺子是年夜饭桌上必不可少的。
  Jiǎozi shì niányèfàn zhuō shàng bìbùkěshǎo de.
  Dumplings are essential at the New Year's Eve dinner table.
• 说明年夜饭的饺子是亲人团聚的象征。
  Shuōmíng niányèfàn de jiǎozi shì qīnrén tuánjù de xiàngzhēng.
  This means that eating dumplings on New Year's eve is a symbol of family reunion.

Words starting with 饺子

• 饺子馆jiǎo zi guǎndumpling restaurant

Words containing 饺子

• 包饺子bāo jiǎo zito wrap jiaozi (dumplings or potstickers)

Sounds the same

Read jiǎo zi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 角子one Jiao coin (Mao, one-tenth of yuan)