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Hu Shih Yipin Guo at Yangjixing Restaurant, Zhong Guan Cun No. 1 (20220405122753)
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N509FZ
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CC BY-SA 4.0
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Wikimedia Commons
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Photo credit

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Egg Wrap Dumplings (3026423939)
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Daniel from Melbourne, Australia
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CC BY-SA 2.0
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Wikimedia Commons
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Cropped and resized

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Danjiao in a railway meal (20240615105257)
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N509FZ
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CC BY-SA 4.0
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Wikimedia Commons
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Cropped and resized

蛋饺

蛋餃
dànjiǎo
noun Not spicy

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 egg dumplings

About the dish

本帮菜 Shanghai · 热菜 Hot dish

Small half-moon dumplings, said to look like gold ingots, whose wrapper is a thin omelette, not dough, filled with minced pork. Usually cooked in soup or hot pot, braised or steamed. Soft and mild.

Usually contains egg

Examples

HSK 4
Guònián de shíhou, Shànghǎi hé Jiāngsū de hěnduō jiātíng dōu huì zìjǐ zuò dànjiǎo.
At Chinese New Year, many families in Shanghai and Jiangsu make their own egg dumplings.
HSK 7-9
Dànjiǎo de pí bú shì miàn zuò de, shì yòng jīdàn tān de.
The wrapper of an egg dumpling isn't dough; it's a thin layer of egg.

Stroke Order

蛋 dàn
饺 jiǎo