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)		餃	子
simp. (饺子)		饺	子

Wikipedia has articles on:

餃子 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
饺子 (Wu)
jiaozi (English)

Etymology

See 餃／饺 (jiǎo).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): jiǎozi

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠˇ ˙ㄗ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): jiao³ zi^3-2

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): җёзы (ži͡ozɨ, II-I)
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gaau² zi²

(Taishan, Wiktionary): gau² du²
Gan (Wiktionary): jieu³ zi
Jin (Wiktionary): jiau³ zeh
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵ciau-tsy₅; ¹ciau-tsy₅
Xiang
(Changsha, Wiktionary): jiau³ zr

(Hengyang, Wiktionary): jiau³ zr

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎozi
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠˇ ˙ㄗ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎozi̊h
  - Wade–Giles: chiao³-tzŭ⁵
  - Yale: jyǎu-dz
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeau.tzy
  - Palladius: цзяоцзы (czjaoczy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴ d͡z̥z̩⁴/
  - Homophones:
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    角子
    餃子 / 饺子
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: jiao³ zi^3-2
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: giaoz
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiau⁵³ t͡sz̩⁵³⁻²¹/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: җёзы (ži͡ozɨ, II-I)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiɔː⁵¹ t͡sz̩²⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gaau² zi²
  - Yale: gáau jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaau² dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: gao² ji²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːu̯³⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: gau² du²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kau⁵⁵ tu⁵⁵/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: jieu³ zi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiɛu²¹³⁻²¹ t͡sz̩¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: jiau³ zeh
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕiau⁴⁵ t͡səʔ⁴/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵ciau-tsy₅; ¹ciau-tsy₅
  - MiniDict: ciau^去 tsy^去; ciau^平 tsy^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²jiau-tsr₂; ¹jiau-tsr₂
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕiɔ³³ t͡sz̩⁴⁴/, /t͡ɕiɔ⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: jiau³ zr
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɒu̯⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/
- (Hengyang)
  - Wiktionary: jiau³ zr
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯³³ t͡sz̩³/

Noun

餃子

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

Synonyms

(jiaozi):

Dialectal synonyms of 餃子 (“jiaozi dumpling”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		餃子
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	餃子
	Taiwan	餃子
	Harbin	餃子, 扁食
	Singapore	餃子
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	包子, 餃子
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	𩚩飵兒, 餃子, 水餃兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	餃子, 扁食
	Wanrong	捏飯
	Xi'an	餃子
	Dingbian	餃子
	Xining	扁食, 餃子, 水餃
	Xuzhou	餃子, 匾食
	Pizhou	餃子
	Lianyungang (Ganyu)	餃子, 彎彎順
	Donghai	餃子, 元寶
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	餃子, 包子
	Lanzhou	餃子
	Ürümqi	餃子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	餃子
	Wuhan	餃子
	Guiyang	餃子
	Liuzhou	餃子
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	餃子
	Yangzhou	餃子, 水餃
	Baoying	餃子
	Taizhou	餃兒
	Zhenjiang	餃子
	Lianyungang	餃子
	Huai'an (Huaiyin)	餃子
	Xuyi	水餃子
	Nantong	水餃兒
	Rugao	水餃兒
	Yancheng	餃子, 水餃子
	Funing	餃子
	Sihong	水餃
	Hefei	餃子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	餃子
	Hong Kong	餃子
	Dongguan	餃子
	Yangjiang	餃子
Gan	Nanchang	餃子
	Lichuan	餃子
	Pingxiang	餃子
Hakka	Meixian	餃仔
Hakka	Yudu	餃子
Huizhou	Jixi	水餃
Jin	Taiyuan	扁食, 餃子, 角子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	餃仔, 水餃
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	餃
Southern Min	Xiamen	水餃
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	水餃
	Singapore (Hokkien)	餃
	Manila (Hokkien)	水餃
	Chaozhou	餃
	Haikou	餃子
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	角囝
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	餃子
Wu	Shanghai	餃子, 水餃
	Suzhou	餃子
	Suzhou (Shengze, Wujiang)	餃子
	Wuxi	餃子
	Changshu	餃子
	Nantong (Haimen)	餃子
	Changzhou	餃子
	Danyang	餃耳
	Nanjing (Gaochun)	餃子
	Hangzhou	餃子
	Ningbo	餃子
	Wenzhou	餃兒, 水餃兒
	Jinhua	水餃
Xiang	Changsha	餃子
	Loudi	餃子
	Shuangfeng	餃子
	Hengyang	餃子

(wonton):

Dialectal synonyms of 餛飩 (“wonton”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		餛飩
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	餛飩
	Taiwan	餛飩, 抄手
	Langfang	餛飩
	Chifeng	餛飩
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	餛飩
	Harbin	餛飩
	Shenyang	餛飩
	Malaysia	雲吞
	Singapore	雲吞
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	餛飩
	Tangshan	餛飩
	Cangzhou	餛飩
	Baoding	餛飩
	Shijiazhuang	餛飩
	Jinan	餛飩
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	餛飩
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Qingdao	餛飩
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	餛飩
	Daming	餛飩
	Zhengzhou	餛飩
	Xi'an	餛飩
	Dingbian	餛飩兒
	Xining	餛飩
	Xuzhou	餛飩, 貓耳朵
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	餛飩
	Lanzhou	餛飩
	Ürümqi	餛飩
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	抄手兒, 抄手
	Chongqing	抄手兒
	Wuhan	水餃
	Guiyang	餛飩
	Kunming	餛飩, 餃
	Guilin	餛飩
	Liuzhou	餛飩
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	餛飩
	Yangzhou	餛飩, 水餃, 餃子
	Nantong	餛飩
	Hefei	餛飩, 餃子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	雲吞
	Hong Kong	雲吞
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	雲吞
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	雲吞
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	雲吞
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	雲吞
	Macau	雲吞
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	雲吞
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	雲吞
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	雲吞
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	雲吞
	Foshan	雲吞
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	雲吞
	Foshan (Shunde)	雲吞
	Foshan (Sanshui)	雲吞
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	雲吞
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	雲吞
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	雲吞
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	雲吞
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	雲吞
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	雲吞
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	雲吞
	Taishan	雲吞
	Kaiping (Chikan)	雲吞
	Enping (Niujiang)	雲吞
	Heshan (Yayao)	雲吞
	Dongguan	雲吞
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	雲吞
	Yangjiang	雲吞
	Nanning	雲吞
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	雲吞
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	雲吞
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	雲吞
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	雲吞
	Penang (Guangfu)	雲吞
	Singapore (Guangfu)	雲吞
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	雲吞
	Móng Cái	雲吞
Gan	Nanchang	清湯
Gan	Pingxiang	包麵
Hakka	Meixian	雲吞, 餃仔
	Xingning	餛飩
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	雲吞
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	雲吞
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	雲吞
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	雲吞
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	雲吞
	Changting	扁食
	Wuping	餛飩
	Liancheng	扁食
	Ninghua	扁食
	Ruijin	清湯
	Shicheng	清湯
	Shangyou (Shexi)	清湯
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	扁食
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	扁食
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	扁食
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	扁食
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	扁食
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	扁食
	Hong Kong	雲吞
	Senai (Huiyang)	雲吞
Huizhou	Shexian	餛飩, 點心
Jin	Taiyuan	餛飩
	Xinzhou	餛飩
	Linhe	餛飩
	Jining	餛飩
	Hohhot	餛飩
	Zhangjiakou	餛飩
	Handan	餛飩
Northern Min	Jian'ou	扁食
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	扁肉, 扁食
Southern Min	Xiamen	扁食
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	扁食
	Quanzhou	扁食
	Zhangzhou	扁食
	Taipei	扁食
	Taipei (Wanhua)	扁食
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	扁食
	Kaohsiung	扁食
	Yilan	扁食
	Changhua (Lukang)	扁食
	Taichung	扁食
	Taichung (Wuqi)	扁食
	Tainan	扁食
	Taitung	扁食
	Hsinchu	扁食
	Kinmen	扁食
	Penghu (Magong)	扁食
	Penang (Hokkien)	雲吞
	Singapore (Hokkien)	雲吞
	Manila (Hokkien)	雲吞
	Chaozhou	餃
	Shantou	餃
	Jieyang	餃
	Haifeng	扁食
	Bangkok (Teochew)	餃
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	雲吞
Central Min	Yong'an	扁食
Central Min	Sanming (Shaxian)	麵食
Shaojiang Min	Shaowu	餛飩
	Jiangle	扁食
	Mingxi	扁食
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	雲吞
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	雲吞
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	雲吞
Shehua	Lishui	麵食
Wu	Shanghai	餛飩
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	餛飩
	Shanghai (Zhoupu, Pudong)	餛飩
	Shanghai (Shuangcaodun, Baoshan)	餛飩
	Shanghai (Luodian, Baoshan)	餛飩
	Shanghai (Chongming)	餛飩
	Suzhou	餛飩
	Suzhou (Lili, Wujiang)	餛飩
	Suzhou (Shengze, Wujiang)	餛飩
	Wuxi	餛飩
	Changshu	餛飩
	Kunshan	餛飩
	Jiaxing	餛飩
	Changzhou	餛飩
	Liyang	餛飩
	Yixing	餛飩
	Danyang	餛飩
	Danyang (Tongjiaqiao)	餛飩
	Jingjiang	餛飩
	Jiangyin	餛飩
	Huzhou (Shuanglin)	餛飩
	Hangzhou	餛飩
	Shaoxing	餛飩
	Zhuji (Wangjiajing)	餛飩
	Shengzhou (Chongren)	湯包
	Shengzhou (Taiping)	湯包
	Ningbo	餛飩
	Yuyao	餛飩
	Zhoushan	餛飩
	Taizhou (Huangyan)	餛飩
	Wenzhou	餛飩
	Lishui	麵食
	Quzhou	餛飩
	Jinhua	餛飩
	Yiwu	餛飩
	Yongkang	餛飩
Xiang	Changsha	餛飩
	Loudi	餛飩
	Shuangfeng	餃子
	Hengyang	餛飩

Hyponyms

(jiaozi): 鍋貼／锅贴 (guōtiē), 煎餃／煎饺 (jiānjiǎo), 水餃／水饺 (shuǐjiǎo)

Derived terms

水餃 / 水饺 (shuǐjiǎo)
蒸餃 / 蒸饺 (zhēngjiǎo)
餃子館 / 饺子馆 (jiǎoziguǎn)

Descendants

→ English: jiaozi
→ French: jiaozi
→ Japanese: 餃子 (gyōza)
- → English: gyoza
→ Russian: цзя́оцзы (czjáoczy)

Japanese

Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:

餃子

Wikipedia ^ja

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Gyoza

Wikipedia

餃子 (gyōza): a plate of raw dumplings or potstickers, ready to be fried, boiled, or steamed.

Kanji in this term
餃	子
ぎょう Hyōgai	ざ 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

(Tokyo) ぎょーざ [gyòózá] (Heiban – [0])^[3]^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɡʲo̞ːza̠]

Noun

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

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

Derived terms

焼(やき)餃(ぎょう)子(ざ) (yaki gyōza), 焼(や)き餃(ぎょう)子(ざ) (yaki gyōza): pan-fried gyoza
揚(あげ)餃(ぎょう)子(ざ) (age gyōza), 揚(あ)げ餃(ぎょう)子(ざ) (age gyōza): deep-fried gyoza
水(すい)餃(ぎょう)子(ざ) (suigyōza): boiled gyoza
蒸(むし)餃(ぎょう)子(ざ) (mushi gyōza), 蒸(む)し餃(ぎょう)子(ざ) (mushi gyōza): steamed gyoza

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[DJR-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[DJS-2] Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[NHK-3] 3.0 ^3.1 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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