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焼き餃子 (やきギョーザ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

焼やき餃子ぎょーざ

Meanings

1

noun

pan-fried gyoza

food / cooking

Specifically refers to gyoza cooked by pan-frying, as opposed to boiled or deep-fried varieties.

See also: 餃子

今こん夜やは焼やき餃子ぎょーざを作つくろう。
Let's make pan-fried gyoza tonight.
この店みせの焼やき餃子ぎょーざは皮かわがパリッとしている。
The pan-fried gyoza at this restaurant have a crispy skin.

Written forms

焼やき餃子ぎょーざ
Standard spelling with okurigana.
焼餃子やきぎょーざ
Less common spelling without okurigana.

Kanji

焼bake, burning
餃gyoza
子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM

Similar words

餃子ぎょーざ
餃子 is the general term for gyoza; 焼き餃子 specifies the pan-fried cooking method.
水餃子すいぎょーざ
水餃子 are boiled gyoza, in contrast to pan-fried 焼き餃子.
揚あげ餃子ぎょーざ
揚げ餃子 are deep-fried gyoza, another cooking style distinct from 焼き餃子.

Etymology

Compound of 焼き (yaki, 'grilling, frying') + 餃子 (gyōza, 'jiaozi, gyoza').