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From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 餃子／饺子 (jiǎozi). Doublet of gyoza.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
jiaozi
jiao·ziToday it means: A Chinese crescent-shaped dumpling filled with a minced stuffing and steamed, boiled or fried; the Chinese originator or predecessor of the Japanese gyoza. Full definition →