蛋
Meanings
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- 1.variant of 蜑[Dàn]
- 1.egg
- 2.CL:个[gè],打[dá]
- 3.oval-shaped thing
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Wiktionary
- 1.egg (Classifier: 個／个 m; 顆／颗 m; 枚 m; 隻／只 c h)
- 2.egg-shaped object
- 3.ball; testicle
- 4.suffix denoting “person of certain characteristics”, usually with a pejorative tone
- 5.zero score; goose egg
- 6.unlaid egg of a fowl
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *l'aːns): phonetic 延 (OC *lan, *lans) + semantic 虫 (“snake, insect”) – "egg", with particular reference to snake eggs. The non-contracted form is 蜑. In the current version, 延 is abbreviated to 疋. This character was coined at a late stage in Chinese, since it is unattested on oracle bones, bronzes, Shuowen Jiezi and Guangyun. From 彈 (MC danH, “pellet”) (Zhengzhang, 2003).
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Stroke order
Components
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Example sentences
她煮了蛋。
She boiled the eggs.
我有一只蛋。
I have an egg.
蛋黃是黃色的。
Yolks are yellow.
蛋是按打卖的。
Eggs are sold by the dozen.
湯姆在蛋上撒鹽。
Tom salted his egg.
这看上去像个蛋。
It looks like an egg.
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Synonyms
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Derived terms
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