水饺 (水餃)
shuǐ jiǎo
Pinyin

Definition

水饺 (水餃)
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shuǐ jiǎo
  1. boiled dumpling

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

Shuǐ
  1. 1 surname Shui
shuǐ píng
  1. 1 level (of achievement etc)
  2. 2 standard
  3. 3 horizontal
shuǐ guǒ
  1. 1 fruit
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
Shuǐ píng zuò
  1. 1 Aquarius (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
yī tóu wù shuǐ
  1. 1 to be confused
  2. 2 to be baffled

Idioms (20)

一清如水
yī qīng rú shuǐ
  1. 1 lit. as clear as water (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of officials etc) honest and incorruptible
一碗水端平
yī wǎn shuǐ duān píng
  1. 1 lit. to hold a bowl of water level (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be impartial
一点水一个泡
yī diǎn shuǐ yī gè pào
  1. 1 honest and trustworthy (idiom)
三个和尚没水喝
sān gè hé shang méi shuǐ hē
  1. 1 lit. three monks have no water to drink (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. everybody's business is nobody's business
  3. 3 (If there is one monk, he will fetch water for himself. If there are two, they will fetch water together. But if there are three or more, none will take it upon himself to fetch water.)
不显山不露水
bù xiǎn shān bù lù shuǐ
  1. 1 lit. to not show the mountain and to not reveal the water (idiom); fig. to hide the key facts

Sample Sentences

老板,我想点水饺。
lǎobǎn ,wǒ xiǎng diǎn shuǐjiǎo 。
Boss, I would like to order dumplings.
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水饺跟牛肉面都很好吃。
shuǐjiǎo gēn niúròumiàn dōu hěn hǎochī 。
Dumplings and beef noodles are both delicious.
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你吃得真快!一下子就把三十粒水饺吃完了。
nǐ chī de zhēn kuài !yīxiàzi jiù bǎ sānshí lì shuǐjiǎo chīwán le 。
You're really gulping down your food! You ate 30 dumplings all at once.
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怎么煮水饺?
zěnme zhǔ shuǐjiǎo ?
How do you make dumplings?
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用一个汤锅煮水,水煮开了以后,把水饺放进去煮。
yòng yī gè tāngguō zhǔ shuǐ ,shuǐ zhǔ kāi le yǐhòu ,bǎ shuǐjiǎo fàng jìnqù zhǔ 。
Use a soup pot to heat water. Once the water has reached a rolling boil, place the dumplings inside the pot to cook.
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