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水餃

简水饺 · 繁水餃

Mandarin · pinyin shuǐ jiǎo

boiled dumpling (made by wrapping a pasta skin around a filling, like ravioli)

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水: shuǐ · water, liquid, lotion, juice
餃: Look up this written character
饺: jiǎo · stuffed dumplings

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3–3 · shui3 jiao3

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seoi2 gaau2

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noun

boiled jiaozi dumpling (Classifier: 粒 m c; 顆／颗 m; 隻／只 c)
(regional) jiaozi dumpling (in general)

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