饺子 (jiǎo zi)

Character breakdown

• 饺 (jiǎo) · 9 strokes

  Phonosemantic compound. 饣 represents the meaning and 交 represents the sound. Simplified form of 餃.

• 子 (zǐ) · 3 strokes

  Pictograph of a small child with its two arms waving.

Example sentences

1. 这饺子是什么馅的啊？ — What is the filling in these dumplings?
2. 我很想吃饺子。 — I feel like having some dumplings.
3. 晚上我们去吃饺子，好吗？ — We're going out for dumplings in the evening, all right?
4. 饺子是年夜饭桌上必不可少的。 — Dumplings are essential at the New Year's Eve dinner table.
5. 说明年夜饭的饺子是亲人团聚的象征。 — This means that eating dumplings on New Year's eve is a symbol of family reunion.

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