饺子
jiǎo zi
Pinyin

Definition

饺子
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jiǎo zi
  1. dumpling
  2. pot-sticker
  3. CL:個|个[gè],隻|只[zhī]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

儿子
ér zi
  1. 1 son
女子
nu:3 zǐ
  1. 1 woman
  2. 2 female
妻子
qī zǐ
  1. 1 wife and children
子
zǐ
  1. 1 son
  2. 2 child
  3. 3 seed
  4. 4 egg
  5. 5 small thing
  6. 6 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat
  7. 7 Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wǔ děng jué wèi]
  8. 8 ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north)
孩子
hái zi
  1. 1 child
房子
fáng zi
  1. 1 house
  2. 2 building (single- or two-story)
  3. 3 apartment
  4. 4 room
  5. 5 CL:棟|栋[dòng],幢[zhuàng],座[zuò],套[tào],間|间[jiān]
日子
rì zi
  1. 1 day
  2. 2 a (calendar) date
  3. 3 days of one's life
样子
yàng zi
  1. 1 appearance
  2. 2 manner
  3. 3 pattern
  4. 4 model
狮子
Shī zǐ
  1. 1 Leo (star sign)
  2. 2 Shihtzu township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[Píng dōng Xiàn], Taiwan
狮子座
Shī zi zuò
  1. 1 Leo (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
王子
wáng zǐ
  1. 1 prince
  2. 2 son of a king
男子
nán zǐ
  1. 1 a man
  2. 2 a male
老子
Lǎo zǐ
  1. 1 Laozi or Lao-tze (c. 500 BC), Chinese philosopher, the founder of Taoism
  2. 2 the sacred book of Daoism, 道德經|道德经 by Laozi
肚子
dù zi
  1. 1 belly
  2. 2 abdomen
  3. 3 stomach
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
脑子
nǎo zi
  1. 1 brains
  2. 2 mind
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
被子
bèi zi
  1. 1 quilt
  2. 2 CL:床[chuáng]
辈子
bèi zi
  1. 1 all one's life
  2. 2 lifetime
双子
Shuāng zǐ
  1. 1 Gemini (star sign)
鞋子
xié zi
  1. 1 shoe
饺子
jiǎo zi
  1. 1 dumpling
  2. 2 pot-sticker
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè],隻|只[zhī]

Idioms (20)

一瓶子不响，半瓶子晃荡
yī píng zi bù xiǎng , bàn píng zi huàng dang
  1. 1 lit. a full bottle makes no sound; a half-filled bottle sloshes (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. empty vessels make the most noise
不入虎穴，焉得虎子
bù rù hǔ xué , yān dé hǔ zǐ
  1. 1 How do you catch the tiger cub without entering the tiger's lair? (idiom); Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
不见兔子不撒鹰
bù jiàn tù zi bù sā yīng
  1. 1 you don't release the hawk until you've seen the hare (idiom)
  2. 2 one doesn't act without some incentive
乱臣贼子
luàn chén zéi zǐ
  1. 1 rebels and traitors (idiom)
  2. 2 general term for scoundrel
仁人君子
rén rén jūn zǐ
  1. 1 people of good will (idiom); charitable person
以子之矛，攻子之盾
yǐ zǐ zhī máo , gōng zǐ zhī dùn
  1. 1 lit. use sb's spear to attack his shield (idiom, derived from Han Feizi 韓非子|韩非子); turning a weapon against its owner
  2. 2 fig. to attack an opponent using his own devices
  3. 3 hoist with his own petard
以小人之心，度君子之腹
yǐ xiǎo rén zhī xīn , duó jūn zǐ zhī fù
  1. 1 to gauge the heart of a gentleman with one's own mean measure (idiom)
佳人才子
jiā rén cái zǐ
  1. 1 beautiful lady, gifted scholar (idiom)
  2. 2 pair of ideal lovers
兔子不吃窝边草
tù zi bù chī wō biān cǎo
  1. 1 A rabbit doesn't eat the grass by its own burrow (idiom); One shouldn't do anything to harm one's neighbors.
刀子嘴，豆腐心
dāo zi zuǐ , dòu fu xīn
  1. 1 to have a sharp tongue but a soft heart (idiom)
包子有肉不在褶上
bāo zi yǒu ròu bù zài zhě shàng
  1. 1 a book is not judged by its cover (idiom)
又想当婊子又想立牌坊
yòu xiǎng dāng biǎo zi yòu xiǎng lì pái fāng
  1. 1 lit. to lead the life of a whore but still want a monument put up to one's chastity (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to have bad intentions but still want a good reputation
  3. 3 to want to have one's cake and eat it too
吃熊心豹子胆
chī xióng xīn bào zi dǎn
  1. 1 to eat bear heart and leopard gall (idiom)
  2. 2 to pluck up some courage
君子之交
jūn zǐ zhī jiāo
  1. 1 friendship between gentlemen, insipid as water (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuāng zǐ])
君子之交淡如水
jūn zǐ zhī jiāo dàn rú shuǐ
  1. 1 a gentleman's friendship, insipid as water (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuāng zǐ])
君子报仇，十年不晚
jūn zi bào chóu , shí nián bù wǎn
  1. 1 lit. for a nobleman to take revenge, ten years is not too long (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. revenge is a dish best served cold
君子远庖厨
jūn zǐ yuàn páo chú
  1. 1 lit. a nobleman stays clear of the kitchen (idiom, from Mencius)
  2. 2 fig. a nobleman who has seen a living animal cannot bear to see it die, hence he keeps away from the kitchen
多子多福
duō zǐ duō fú
  1. 1 the more sons, the more happiness (idiom)
天上下刀子
tiān shàng xià dāo zi
  1. 1 lit. knives rain down from the sky (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (even if) the sky crumbles
女子无才便是德
nu:3 zǐ wú cái biàn shì dé
  1. 1 a woman's virtue is to have no talent (idiom)

Sample Sentences

没错，各地年夜饭都不太一样呢，像北方年夜饭就是饺子，那味道真是绝了！再说饺子形状像“元宝”，特别吉祥，也代表了来年财运滚滚。
méicuò ，gèdì niányèfàn dōu bùtài yīyàng ne ，xiàng běifāng niányèfàn jiùshì jiǎozi ，nà wèidao zhēn shì juéle ！zài shuō jiǎozi xíngzhuàng xiàng “yuánbǎo ”，tèbié jíxiáng ，yě dàibiǎo le láinián cáiyùn gǔngǔn 。
That's right, Chinese New Year's dinner differs in different places, like for example, in northern China the New Year's dinner is jiaozi dumplings, which taste amazing! And jiaozi dumplings are shaped like ingots, meaning their particularly lucky, and because you boil them, they represent fortunes bubbling up for you in the New Year.
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在我们北方，一般都是以面食为主，像饺子、馒头、这样的小吃比较多。北方菜以蒸菜、炖菜为主，比较出名的家乡菜我想就是东北大乱炖和小鸡炖蘑菇了吧。
zài wǒmen běifāng ，yībān dōu shì yǐ miànshí wéizhǔ ，xiàng jiǎozi 、mántou 、zhèyàng de xiǎochī bǐjiào duō 。běifāng cài yǐ zhēng cài 、dùncài wéizhǔ ，bǐjiào chūmíng de jiāxiāng cài wǒ xiǎng jiùshì dōngběi dà luàn dùn hé xiǎo jī dùn mógu le ba 。
In the north, our staples are normally food made from wheat flour, mostly snacks like jiaozi dumplings and mantou buns. Northern dishes are mostly steamed or stewed. The more famous local dishes are Northeastern Mixed Meat and Veg Stew and Braised Chicken and Mushroom.
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你会包饺子吗？
nǐ huì bāo jiǎozi ma ？
Do you know how to make dumplings?
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水滚了第二次的时候，要是饺子都浮在水面，就可以捞起来；要是大部分的饺子都还没浮上来，就再加一碗水，再滚一次。
shuǐ gǔn le dì èr cì de shíhou ，yàoshì jiǎozi dōu fú zài shuǐ miàn ，jiù kěyǐ lāo qǐlái ；yàoshì dàbùfēn de jiǎozi dōu hái méi fú shànglái ，jiù zài jiā yī wǎn shuǐ ，zài gǔn yīcì 。
Once the water has reached boiling point the second time round and all the dumplings are floating on the surface of the water, you can fish them all up. If most of the dumplings are still at the bottom, add another bowl of cold water and heat to boiling point again.
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等到饺子全都浮起来，就可以吃了！
děngdào jiǎozi quándōu fú qǐlái ，jiù kěyǐ chī le ！
Once all the dumplings are floating on the surface of the water, they are ready to eat!
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煮饺子
zhǔ jiǎozi
Boiled dumplings.
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对，要包饺子，饺子皮、猪肉都得早一点买。
duì ，yào bāo jiǎozi ，jiǎozi pí 、zhūròu dōu děi zǎo yīdiǎn mǎi 。
Yes, I have to wrap jiaozi dumplings, so you have to buy the pastry and pork early.
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不是有蛋饺吗？蛋饺和饺子样子差不多，都是“元宝”。
bù shì yǒu dànjiǎo ma ？dànjiǎo hé jiǎozi yàngzi chàbuduō ，dōu shì “yuánbǎo ”。
I have egg dumplings, don't I? Egg dumplings and dumplings look pretty much the same. They're both “golden ingots”.
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还有，你公婆是北方人，你应该准备一些饺子。
háiyǒu ，nǐ gōngpó shì běifāngrén ，nǐ yīnggāi zhǔnbèi yīxiē jiǎozi 。
Also, your in-laws are Northerners. You should prepare some dumplings.
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还是准备一些吧。对北方人来说饺子很重要的。
háishì zhǔnbèi yīxiē ba 。duì běifāngrén lái shuō jiǎozi hěn zhòngyào de 。
It'd be better if you prepared some. Dumpings are very important to Northerners.
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