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chiao-tze

chiao-tze is the alternative form of jiaozi.

Meaning of jiaozi

Noun

jiaozi (plural jiaozi or jiaozis)

  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.
    • I took the Blakes over for a jiaozi dinner in the park—not my favorite place although the jiaozis were much better than the food we had before.1975 May 26, George H[erbert] W[alker] Bush, “‘We Do Have Principles and It Is Time We Stood Up for Them’: April 16 to June 2, 1975”, in Jeffrey A. Engel, editor, The China Diary of George H. W....
    Synonyms:
    Peking ravioli

Questions about chiao-tze

What is chiao-tze the alternative form of?
Chiao-tze is the alternative form of jiaozi.

Words near chiao-tze in the dictionary

  1. Chiantishire
  2. chianuri
  3. chianuris
  4. chiao
  5. Chiao-tso
  6. chiao-tze
  7. Chiaohsi
  8. Chiaos
  9. Chiaotou
  10. chiaous
  11. chiaouses

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chiao-tze (page history and authors); jiaozi (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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