Etymology

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Today it means: A kind of pan-fried dumpling in East Asian cuisines. Full definition →

Mandarin 鍋貼 /锅贴
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  1. Mandarin · calque of鍋貼 /锅贴
  2. English todaypotsticker

From pot + sticker, a calque of Mandarin 鍋貼 /锅贴 (guōtiē), coined by Buwei Yang Chao in 1963, in the fourth edition of the book How to Cook and Eat in Chinese.

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