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Chinese Dumplings Menu

Chinese dumplings (饺子 Jiaozi /jyaoww-dzrr/) can form a meal in themselves. Jiaozi restaurants can be found in all the larger Chinese cities, and dumplings are traditionally made at home, particularly in North China, as Chinese New Year Food.

Ordering Dumplings

Chinese dumplings (饺子jiǎozi /jyaoww-dzrr/) are a favorite with Westerners and some restaurants specialize in just dumplings. About 20 or 30 is usually enough for a meal, 40 if you're really hungry. Dumplings are ordered in (traditionally bamboo) trays called long of 10 or 20 dumplings. So you can say yī lóng (一笼 /ee-long/ "one tray") followed by your choice of filling to order.

Popular fillings include the standard minced pork (猪肉zhūròu /joo-roh/), as well as beef (牛肉niúròu /nyoh-roh/), cabbage (白菜báicài /beye-tseye/), and garlic and chives (韭菜jiǔcài /jyoh-tseye/). See below for a sample dumping menu, with pronunciation and characters to recognize and point to. Click here for more on ordering food in China.

Chinese Dumpling (Jiaozi) Menu

English	Chinese	Pronunciation	Characters
Pyramid Dumplings	Shuijing Jiao	Shway-jing jwaoww	水晶饺
Steamed Dumplings	Xiaolongbao	Ssyaoww-long-baoww	小笼包
Steamed Dumplings	Zheng Jiao	Jnng jyaoww	蒸饺
Dumplings in Broth	Shuijiao	Shway-jyaoww	水饺
Fried Dumpling	Guotie	Gwor-tyeah	锅贴
Steamed Shredded Seafood Dumplings	Sanxian Jiao	San-sshyen jyaoww	三鲜饺
Shrimp Dumpling	Xiaren Jiao	Sshyaa-rnn jyaoww	虾仁饺
Fried Garlic and Chive Dumplings	Jiucai Jiao	Jyoh-tseye jyaoww	韭菜饺
Cabbage Dumpling	Baicai Jiao	Beye-tseye jyaoww	白菜饺