different between dumpling vs jiaozi

English

Etymology

A folk word [c. 1600s], apparently from a Norfolk dialect, of uncertain origin. Perhaps from some Low German word or from dialectal dump (“lump”) [late 1800s], +? -ling (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?mpl??/

Noun

dumpling (plural dumplings)

1. (cooking) A ball of dough that is cooked and may have a filling and/or additional ingredients in the dough. [from 17th c.]
   1. By restriction, a food composed of a dough wrapper around a filling.
2. (familiar) A term of endearment.

3. (mildly vulgar) A piece of excrement.
   • 2018 Brent Butt as Brent Herbert Leroy, "Sasquatch Your Language", Corner Gas Animated

     Wherever legitimate tracks are found there's always some fresh scat, y'know, poo, flop, dumplings.

Hyponyms

• See also Thesaurus:dumpling

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• canederlo, gnocchi
• dim sim
• dim sum
• empanada
• har gow
• pierogi
• varenyky
• pelmeni
• quenelle
• ravioli
• shaomai, shumai
• wonton

References

• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

Further reading

• dumpling on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Alternative forms

• (from Wade-Giles) chiao-tze

Etymology

From Mandarin ????? (ji?ozi). Doublet of gyoza.

Noun

jiaozi (plural jiaozi)

1. A Chinese crescent-shaped dumpling filled with a minced stuffing and steamed, boiled or fried; the Chinese equivalent of the Japanese gyoza.
   • 2010, Alan Hoenig, Eating Out in China: A Traveler's Resource (page 52)

     Jiaozi are eaten all year long and at any time of day—breakfast, lunch, or dinner.

   • 2015, Rongguang Zhao, Gangliu Wang, Aimee Yiran Wang, A History of Food Culture in China (page 39)

     In comparison, jiaozi fillings are much more diverse than those used for wontons. They could be any kind of meat, as well as many varieties of vegetables to make vegetarian jiaozi. And jiaozi are usually larger than wontons.

Translations

See also

• potsticker
• gyoza
• pelmeni

References

• OED 2006