Chinese dumplings (jiaozi) may be divided into various types depending on how they are cooked:
10 steamed jiaozi (zhengjiao) and a peanut butter kind of dipping sauceBoiled dumplings; (shuijiao) literally "water dumplings" (水饺; pinyin:shuǐjiǎo).
Steamed dumplings; (zhengjiao) literally "steam-dumpling" (蒸饺; pinyin:zhēngjiǎo).
Shallow fried dumplings (guotie) lit."pan stick",known as "potstickers" in N.America,(锅贴; pinyin:guōtiē),also referred to as "dry-fried dumplings" (煎饺; pinyin:jiānjiǎo).