Dumpling in Chinese (Mandarin): 饺子 (jiǎozi)
饺子
jiǎozi
dumpling
- Simplified
- 饺子
- Traditional
- 餃子
- Pinyin
- jiǎozi
- Typed as
- jiaozi
Use it in a sentence
过年吃饺子。
過年吃餃子。
We eat dumplings at New Year.
The characters in 饺子
饺 / 餃
Dumpling. 饣 (food) is on the left.
9 strokes
子
A small ending found in many nouns, said short and light.
3 strokes
Families make 饺子 together on Chinese New Year's Eve. Folding them is 包饺子 (bāo jiǎozi), "wrapping dumplings".
More examples with 饺子
我们一起包饺子。
我們一起包餃子。
Wǒmen yìqǐ bāo jiǎozi.
We make dumplings together.
饺子很好吃。
餃子很好吃。
Jiǎozi hěn hǎochī.
Dumplings are delicious.
How to write 饺子 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
饺 9 strokes
子 3 strokes
In Traditional characters:
餃 14 strokes
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