A wonton (simplified Chinese: 云吞; traditional Chinese: 雲吞), also spelled wuntun in transliteration from Cantonese which‘s one of most popular street food at Sichuan, Guangzhou and Hong Kong.

 

 Ancient Chinese thought wonton were a sealed bun, from the western Han Dynasty, and became popular from the time of the Tang Dynasty, people began to differentiate the name of dumpling (jiaozi) and wonton. It's smaller than Pot-stickers or dumpling size and  filling and wrapped in a thin 6x6cm2 very thin square dough wrapper. The texture is also very smooth.

Wontons are traditionally served in soup, but jiaozi is usually eaten with dipping sauce. The most common filling is ground pork.