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饺 jiǎo dumplings

How to remember 饺: 饣 food + 交 hand over = dumplings. After the night shift the taxi driver wants no other food and gladly hands over his cash for a steaming plate of dumplings.

  • 3,650. most frequent character
  • HSK 3
  • 9 strokes
  • Radical 食

Component breakdown

饺 = 饣 food + 交 hand over

  • 饣 food
  • 交 hand over
    • 亠 lid
    • 父 father
The Gushi story

After the night shift the taxi driver wants no other food and gladly hands over his cash for a steaming plate of dumplings.

How it is used

  • Exists essentially only in 饺子 (jiǎozi) - the boiled/steamed stuffed dumpling eaten especially at Spring Festival.
  • Count them with 个 (yí ge jiǎozi) or by the plate 一盘饺子 (yì pán jiǎozi).
  • Don't confuse with 包子 (bāozi, leavened steamed buns) or 馄饨 (húntun, wontons in soup) - 饺子 has a thin unleavened wrapper, pinched shut.

Words with 饺

Example sentences

  • 过年吃饺子是一个传统。 Guònián chī jiǎozi shì yí gè chuántǒng.Eating dumplings is a Chinese New Year's tradition.