gyoza
gyoza — noun
1. a small Japanese dumpling shaped like a half-moon, with a thin pastry skin aroun
a small Japanese dumpling shaped like a half-moon, with a thin pastry skin around a filling of pork, vegetables, or seafood, usually pan-fried until the bottom turns crisp.
Dylan ordered a plate of pork gyoza to share with his sister at the ramen shop.
collocation: a plate of gyoza
Yuna folded each gyoza carefully so the edges would seal during cooking.
typical action: fold / seal gyoza
The chef pan-fried the gyoza until the bottoms were golden and crisp.
Eshe dipped each gyoza in soy sauce mixed with rice vinegar and chili oil.
At the night market in Osaka, Renata tried gyoza for the first time and asked for a second plate.
- potsticker
American English term for the same pan-fried Chinese-style dumpling that gyoza is based on; often used interchangeably in US menus.
- jiaozi
Chinese name for the parent dumpling family; usually boiled or steamed rather than pan-fried.
- dumpling
general term covering many kinds of filled dough parcels; less specific than gyoza.
文法句型
a plate of gyoza
order [number] gyoza
用法筆記
Almost always countable; commonly served and ordered by the plate (often six to eight pieces). The plural is usually unchanged (`gyoza`), though `gyozas` is also heard.