jiaozi
jiao·zi/ˈd͡ʒjaʊ.d͡ʒi/noun
jiaozi is a noun meaning “A Chinese crescent-shaped dumpling filled with a minced stuffing and steamed, boiled or fried; the Chinese originator or predecessor of the Japanese…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled J-I-A-O-Z-I and has 2 syllables (jiao·zi), and it appears about once in every 98 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of jiaozi is jiaozis.
What does jiaozi mean?
noun
- 1
A Chinese crescent-shaped dumpling filled with a minced stuffing and steamed, boiled or fried; the Chinese originator or predecessor of the Japanese gyoza.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce jiaozi?
- /ˈd͡ʒjaʊ.d͡ʒi/
Jiaozi has 2 syllables, split jiao·zi in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of jiaozi
- jiaozis plural
- chiao-tze
- jiao zi
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is jiaozi?
Jiaozi appears about once in every 98 million words in written English, the 317,168th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Jiaozi in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Chinese dumplings:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | jiaozi, gyoza |
| German | Jiaozi |
| Portuguese | guioza |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does jiaozi come from?
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 餃子／饺子 (jiǎozi). Doublet of gyoza.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).