鍋貼

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See also: 锅贴

Chinese

pot; pan; boiler
to stick; to paste; to keep close to
to stick; to paste; to keep close to; to fit snugly; subsidize; allowance
 
trad. (鍋貼) 鍋 貼
simp. (锅贴) 锅 贴

Etymology

Referring to the dumpling's adhesion to the surface of the pan when frying.

Pronunciation

Noun

鍋貼

  1. (food) potsticker (a Chinese-style pan-fried dumpling)
  2. (colloquial, jokingly) slap on the face

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 鍋貼 (“potsticker (dumpling)”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 鍋貼
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 鍋貼兒
Taiwan 煎餃, 鍋貼
Singapore 鍋貼
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 鍋貼
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 鍋貼兒
Xi'an 鍋貼兒
Southwestern Mandarin Wuhan 鍋貼餃子, 鍋貼
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 鍋貼
Yangzhou 鍋貼子
Cantonese Guangzhou 煎餃
Hong Kong 煎餃, 鍋貼
Dongguan 煎餃
Gan Nanchang 鍋貼餃子
Pengze 煎餃
Lichuan 鍋貼餃
Pingxiang 油餃子
Hakka Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) 煎餃
Yudu 鍋貼餃子
Southern Min Xiamen 鍋貼
Wu Shanghai 鍋貼
Suzhou 鍋貼
Danyang 鍋貼
Hangzhou 鍋貼
Ningbo 生煎餃子, 鍋貼
Wenzhou 鍋貼

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