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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所以 所以 suǒ yǐ therefore; as a result; so; the reason why HSK 2
当 當 dāng (onom.) dong; ding dong (bell) HSK 2
像 像 xiàng to resemble; to be like; to look as if; such as; appearance; image; portrait; image under a mapping (math.) HSK 2
才 才 cái ability; talent; sb of a certain type; a capable individual; then and only then; just now; (before an expression of quantity) only HSK 2
更 更 gēng to change or replace; to experience; one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided; watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard) HSK 2
可能 可能 kě néng might (happen); possible; probable; possibility; probability; maybe; perhaps HSK 2
该 該 gāi should; ought to; probably; must be; to deserve; to owe; to be sb's turn to do sth; that; the above-mentioned HSK 2
它 它 tā it HSK 2
问题 問題 wèn tí question; problem; issue; topic HSK 2
只 只 zhǐ only; merely; just; but HSK 2
又 又 yòu (once) again; also; both... and...; and yet; (used for emphasis) anyway HSK 2
因为 因為 yīn wèi because; owing to; on account of HSK 2
如果 如果 rú guǒ if; in case; in the event that HSK 2
已经 已經 yǐ jīng already HSK 2
这样 這樣 zhè yàng this kind of; so; this way; like this; such HSK 2
得 得 dé to obtain; to get; to gain; to catch (a disease); proper; suitable; proud; contented; to allow; to permit; ready; finished HSK 2
可以 可以 kě yǐ can; may; possible; able to; not bad; pretty good HSK 2
为 為 wéi as (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as; to serve as; to behave as; to become; to be; to do; by (in the passive voice) HSK 2
自己 自己 zì jǐ oneself; one's own HSK 2
但 但 dàn but; yet; however; still; merely; only; just HSK 2
让 讓 ràng to yield; to permit; to let sb do sth; to have sb do sth; to make sb (feel sad etc); by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被) HSK 2
啊 啊 ā interjection of surprise; Ah!; Oh! HSK 2
多谢 多謝 duō xiè many thanks; thanks a lot Xiehouyu ∼HSK 1
不动 不動 bù dòng motionless Xiehouyu ∼HSK 1
不快 不快 bù kuài unhappy; in low spirits; (of a knife) not sharp Xiehouyu ∼HSK 1
不客气 不客氣 bù kè qi you're welcome; don't mention it; impolite; rude; blunt Xiehouyu HSK 1
慢慢来 慢慢來 màn màn lái take your time; take it easy Xiehouyu ∼HSK 1
好吃 好吃 hǎo chī tasty; delicious Xiehouyu HSK 1
干 乾 gān dry; dried food; empty; hollow; taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster; futile; in vain; (dialect) rude; blunt; (dialect) to cold-shoulder Xiehouyu HSK 1
不会 不會 bù huì improbable; unlikely; will not (act, happen etc); not able; not having learned to do sth; (coll.) (Tw) don't mention it; not at all Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
看看 看看 kàn kan to take a look at; to examine; to survey; (coll.) pretty soon Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
吃的 吃的 chī de (coll.) food Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
小妹妹 小妹妹 xiǎo mèi mei little sister; little girl; (coll.) vulva Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
有病 有病 yǒu bìng to be ill; (coll.) to be not right in the head Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
好不好 好不好 hǎo bu hǎo (coll.) all right?; OK? Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
不行了 不行了 bù xíng le (coll.) on the point of death; dying Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
这不 這不 zhè bu (coll.) As a matter of fact,... (used to introduce evidence for what one has just asserted) Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
菜 菜 cài dish (type of food); vegetable; cuisine; (coll.) (one's) type; (of one's skills etc) weak; poor Colloquialism HSK 1
肉 肉 ròu meat; flesh; pulp (of a fruit); (coll.) (of a fruit) squashy; (of a person) flabby; irresolute; Kangxi radical 130 Colloquialism HSK 1
爸爸 爸爸 bà ba (coll.) father; dad Colloquialism HSK 1
花 花 huā flower; blossom; fancy pattern; florid; to spend (money, time); (coll.) lecherous; lustful Colloquialism HSK 1
吗 嗎 má (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 1
那 那 nà (specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nèi]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case) Colloquialism HSK 1
着 著 zhāo (chess) move; trick; all right!; (dialect) to add HSK 1
香港 香港 Xiāng gǎng Hong Kong, special administrative region (SAR) of the PRC Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
中国人 中國人 Zhōng guó rén Chinese person Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
天山 天山 Tiān Shān Tian Shan, mountain range straddling the border between China and Kyrgyzstan Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
日本人 日本人 Rì běn rén Japanese person or people Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
天后 天后 Tiān hòu Tin Hau, Empress of Heaven, another name for the goddess Matsu; Tin Hau (Hong Kong area around the MTR station with same name) Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
说真的 說真的 shuō zhēn de to tell the truth; honestly; in fact ∼HSK 1