抄手

chāoshǒu

noun

Meanings

1 wonton
2 to fold one's arms; to tuck one's hands into one's sleeves

馄饨 húntun Home-style · Spice varies

Characters

to fold (the arms)

Examples

HSK 6

我在成都的时候，每天早上都吃一碗抄手。

Wǒ zài Chéngdū de shíhou, měitiān zǎoshang dōu chī yì wǎn chāoshǒu.

When I was in Chengdu, I had a bowl of wontons every morning.

HSK 7-9

四川的抄手常常拌上红油吃，又香又辣。

Sìchuān de chāoshǒu chángcháng bànshàng hóngyóu chī, yòu xiāng yòu là.

Sichuan wontons are often tossed in chili oil, fragrant and spicy.

Tips

usage

抄手 is the Sichuan name for wontons: the same food is 馄饨 in standard Chinese and 云吞 in Cantonese. It has nothing to do with 抄 'to copy'; one popular explanation is that the folded wonton looks like a pair of folded arms, the word's other meaning.

Stroke Order

抄 chāo

手 shǒu