Dumplings

Dumplings 2004

饺子 jiǎozi

Aunt Mei's famous homemade dumplings provide amazing age-defying qualities popular with middle-aged women. But her latest customer, a fading actress, is determined to find out what the secret ingredient is.

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3.86 Beginner Director Fruit Chan IMDb 6.7

Cast

Miriam Yeung Chin-Wah Miriam Yeung Chin-Wah Mrs. Lee Bai Ling Bai Ling Mei Tony Leung Ka-fai Tony Leung Ka-fai Mr. Lee Pauline Lau Masseuse Meme Tian Pu-Jun Connie Miki Yeung Oi-Gan Miki Yeung Oi-Gan Kate Wong Siu-Foon Wong Siu-Foon Kate's Mother Wong Sum-Yuen Old Hairdresser Wu Wai-Man Mei's nurse friend Ho-Man Chan Wang Suo-yi

Vocabulary

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蛋挞 蛋撻 dàn tà egg tart (colloquial pr. [dan4ta3]) Colloquialism ∼HSK 2
够 夠 gòu enough (sufficient); enough (too much); (coll.) (before adj.) really; (coll.) to reach by stretching out Colloquialism HSK 2
拉 拉 lā to pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag; to draw; to chat; (coll.) to empty one's bowels Colloquialism HSK 2
深圳 深圳 Shēn zhèn Shenzhen, sub-provincial city in Guangdong Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
伦敦 倫敦 Lún dūn London, capital of United Kingdom Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
巴黎 巴黎 Bā lí Paris, capital of France Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
那时候 那時候 nà shí hou at that time HSK 2
打掉 打掉 dǎ diào to tear down; to destroy; to dismantle (a gang); to abort (a fetus) ∼HSK 2
长出 長出 zhǎng chū to sprout (leaves, buds, a beard etc) ∼HSK 2
不一样 不一樣 bù yī yàng different; distinctive; unlike ∼HSK 2
生下 生下 shēng xià to give birth to ∼HSK 2
变老 變老 biàn lǎo to grow old; to age; aging ∼HSK 2
加点 加點 jiā diǎn to work extra hours; to do overtime ∼HSK 2
身 身 shēn body; trunk, hull; rad. no. 158 ∼HSK 2
一定要 一定要 yī dìng yào must ∼HSK 2
今晚 今晚 jīn wǎn tonight ∼HSK 2
黑市 黑市 hēi shì black market ∼HSK 2
没问题 沒問題 méi wèn tí no problem ∼HSK 2
来得 來得 lái de to emerge (from a comparison); to come out as; to be competent or equal to ∼HSK 2
物 物 wù thing, substance, creature ∼HSK 2
倒着 倒著 dào zhe backwards; in reverse; upside down ∼HSK 2
嘴里 嘴裡 zuǐ lǐ mouth; in the mouth; on one's lips; speech; words ∼HSK 2
养花 養花 yǎng huā growing flowers ∼HSK 2
吃完 吃完 chī wán to finish eating ∼HSK 2
生出 生出 shēng chū to give birth; to grow (whiskers etc); to generate; to produce ∼HSK 2
女孩子 女孩子 nǚ hái zi girl ∼HSK 2
过生 過生 guò shēng to celebrate a birthday ∼HSK 2
一层 一層 yī céng layer ∼HSK 2
小猫 小貓 xiǎo māo kitten ∼HSK 2
医科 醫科 yī kē medicine (as a science); medical science ∼HSK 2
人流 人流 rén liú stream of people; abortion; abbr. for ∼HSK 2
年头 年頭 nián tóu start of the year; whole year; a particular year; period; days; epoch; a year's harvest ∼HSK 2
我靠 我靠 wǒ kào bosh!; crap!; see also ∼HSK 2
小孩 小孩 xiǎo hái child ∼HSK 2
不在意 不在意 bù zài yì to pay no attention to; not to mind ∼HSK 2
雪莲 雪蓮 xuě lián snow lotus herb; Saussurea involucrata ∼HSK 2
校草 校草 xiào cǎo the most handsome boy in the school ∼HSK 2
小店 小店 xiǎo diàn small store ∼HSK 2
几千 幾千 jǐ qiān several thousand ∼HSK 2
易 易 Yì change; easy ∼HSK 2
收山 收山 shōu shān (slang) (from Cantonese) to bow out after a long career; to pack it in; (of a gangster, prostitute etc) to get out of the game; (of a business) to cease to operate ∼HSK 2
收工 收工 shōu gōng to stop work for the day (generally of laborers); to knock off ∼HSK 2
不怕 不怕 bù pà fearless; not worried (by setbacks or difficulties); even if; even though ∼HSK 2
分身 分身 fēn shēn (of one who has supernatural powers) to replicate oneself so as to appear in two or more places at the same time; a derivative version of sb (or sth) (e.g. avatar, proxy, clone, sockpuppet); to spare some time for a separate task; to cut a ∼HSK 2
林 林 Lín forest, grove; surname ∼HSK 2
一点点 一點點 yī diǎn diǎn a little bit HSK 2
饺子 餃子 jiǎo zi dumpling; pot-sticker HSK 2
走开 走開 zǒu kāi to leave; to walk away; to beat it; to move aside HSK 2
路边 路邊 lù biān curb; roadside; wayside HSK 2
老是 老是 lǎo shi always HSK 2