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Gyoza vs Shumai - What's the difference?

gyoza | shumai |

As nouns the difference between gyoza and shumai

is that gyoza is a Japanese crescent-shaped dumpling filled with a minced stuffing and steamed, boiled or fried; the Japanese equivalent of the Chinese jiaozi while shumai is a traditional steamed Chinese pork dumpling served in dim sum.

gyoza

English

Noun

(wikipedia gyoza) (en-noun)
  • A Japanese crescent-shaped dumpling filled with a minced stuffing and steamed, boiled or fried; the Japanese equivalent of the Chinese jiaozi

    • See also

    * potsticker * jiaozi * pelmeni

    References

    * OED 2006 ----

    shumai

    English

    (wikipedia shumai)

    Alternative forms

    * shao mai, shaomai * siu mai, siumai * shu mai * sui maai; shui mai

    Noun

    (shumai)
  • A traditional steamed Chinese pork dumpling served in dim sum.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2009, date=May 31, author=Joanne Starkey, title=Old-School Chinese With Efforts at Fusion, work=New York Times citation
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