剂子

劑子

jìzi

noun

Measure Word

一个剂子 gè

Meanings

1 a piece of dough cut to size (for making jiaozi, mantou, baozi, etc.)

Characters

Examples

把面团搓成长条，再切成剂子。

Bǎ miàntuán cuō chéng cháng tiáo, zài qiē chéng jìzi.

Roll the dough into a long strip, then cut it into pieces.

每个剂子大约二十克。

Měi ge jìzi dàyuē èrshí kè.

Each dough piece is about twenty grams.

Tips

culture

Standard kitchen vocabulary in northern Chinese pasta-making. The verb is 揪剂子 or 切剂子 — pinching or slicing the dough log into equal portions before pressing each into a wrapper.

Stroke Order

剂 jì

子 zǐ