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(chicken) egg / hen's egg / CL: 個|个,
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蛋* | 蛋* | *蛋
egg / CL: 個|个, / oval-shaped thing
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *枚* | 枚* | *枚
classifier for small objects: coins, badges, rings, carved seals, chess pieces, eggs, fingerprints etc (more formal than 個|个) / classifier for bombs, missiles, satellites etc / (on product packaging) classifier for flat items (from Japanese "mai") / (old) stick used as a gag to prevent soldiers from talking while sneaking up on the enemy
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *卵* | 卵* | *卵
egg; ovum; spawn / (coll.) testicles / (old) penis / (expletive) fucking
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *毈* | 毈* | *毈
infertile egg
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *塤* | 塤* | *塤
ocarina / wind instrument consisting of an egg-shaped chamber with holes
peeled boiled egg, stewed in soy sauce and other flavorings
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *殼* | 殼* | *殼
(coll.) shell (of an egg, nut, crab etc) / case; casing; housing (of a machine or device)
egg yolk
egg tart
to lay eggs
egg yolk
Yangzhou fried rice, featuring scrambled egg, diced vegetables and multiple proteins – typically shrimp and barbecued pork
lit. when the nest overturns no egg remains intact / no member escapes unscathed from a family disaster (idiom)
century egg; preserved egg
gold dust / salted egg yolk sauce
painted eggshell / Easter egg / (media) Easter egg (hidden feature in software or a movie etc) / post-credits scene
egg white / protein / albumen
egg roll
egg fried rice (made by stir-frying cold cooked rice with eggs and vegetables)
bad egg / scoundrel / bastard
egg roll / spring roll
egg pancake (thin pancake rolled up with omelet inside, popular in Taiwan as a breakfast dish)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *子* | 子* | *子
son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat / viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-
scrambled eggs
to penetrate; to break into (a market, social group etc); to infiltrate (enemy ranks etc) / to banish to; to relegate to / to insert; to inject / to crack (an egg) into (a bowl etc)
egg beater
oden, Japanese dish made with boiled eggs, processed fish cakes, daikon radish, tofu etc in a kelp-based broth
soft yolk (of a cooked egg)
lit. to strike a stone with egg (idiom); to attempt the impossible / to invite disaster by overreaching oneself
tea egg (egg boiled with flavorings which may include black tea)
to wave flags and shout battle cries (idiom); to egg sb on / to give support to
poached egg / egg fried on both sides
to look for bones in an egg / to find fault / to nitpick (idiom)
onsen tamago; hot spring egg (soft-boiled egg cooked slowly in hot spring water) (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 温玉 "ontama", which is an abbr. for 温泉玉子 "onsen tamago")
salted duck egg
lit. to drain the pond to get at the fish (idiom) / fig. to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs
red-dyed egg, traditionally given to friends and relatives one month after the birth of one's child
the chicken has flown the coop and the eggs are broken / a dead loss (idiom)
red-painted eggs, traditional celebratory gift on third day after birth of new baby
lit. an egg colliding with a rock (idiom) / fig. to attack sb stronger than oneself / to overrate one's abilities
lit. when the nest is upset no egg is left intact (idiom) / fig. when one falls in disgrace the whole family is doomed
fish eggs / roe / caviar
to scatter / to break sth up / to beat (an egg)
lit. to kill the chicken to get the eggs (idiom) / fig. to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs
capital / assets / savings / nest egg / (fig.) reputation / laurels (to rest upon) / old edition of a book / (tree) trunk
silkworm eggs
(coll.) hen's egg
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *嬎* | 嬎* | *嬎
(dialect) (of birds) to lay eggs / (archaic) to reproduce; to bear offspring
lecithin (phospholipid found in egg yolk)
silkworm eggs
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蟭* | 蟭* | *蟭
eggs of mantis
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蚳* | 蚳* | *蚳
ant eggs
century egg; preserved egg
oval / egg-shaped (leaves in botany)
(coll.) egg white
to overreach oneself / to try to be clever and end up with egg on one's face
to lay eggs
precarious as pile of eggs (idiom); ready to fall and break at any moment / in a dangerous state
louse egg / nit
paper on which silkworm lays its eggs
egg tart (colloquial pr. [dan4ta3])
to beat the drum and sound the gong (idiom); fig. to order an advance or retreat / to egg people on or to call them back
(coll.) duck's egg
(dialect) scrambled eggs
half-cooked; (of vegetables) parboiled; (of steak) medium; (of eggs) soft-boiled
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *殈* | 殈* | *殈
damage egg so it does not hatch
chive pocket, savory pan-fried turnover stuffed with garlic chives and other ingredients (usually contains scrambled eggs)
pork and scrambled eggs
a poached egg
lit. the matter has become a pile of eggs (idiom); fig. at a critical juncture
fried egg
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *贕* | 贕* | *贕
still-born chick (in unhatched egg) / variant of 殰|㱩
nabeyaki egg noodles
boiled egg
to beat; to whisk; to whip (eggs, cream etc)
boiled egg
love egg (sex toy)
thoroughly cooked; (of steak) well done; (of eggs) hard-boiled
bird eggs
balut (boiled duck egg with a partly-developed embryo, which is eaten from the shell)
frozen eggs
salted egg custard bun; lava bun (steamed bun with a sweet runny egg custard filling, a popular dim sum)
love egg (sex toy)
pasta (abbr. for 意大利麵|意大利面) / (Tw) yi mein, a variety of Cantonese egg noodle
iron egg, a Taiwanese snack made by stewing eggs in soy sauce and air-drying them each day for a week
fried egg; sunny-side-up egg
to put on theatrical makeup / (neologism c. 2014) to debunk sb's claim; to put egg on sb's face
Portuguese-style egg tart (pastel de nata)
egg products / egg-based products
oviraptorosaurus (egg-stealing dinosaur)
to donate eggs (from one's ovaries)
egg timer
egg white
bad element; bad egg; troublemaker
incubator (for eggs or startup businesses)
oyakodon, a donburi topped with chicken and egg (orthographic borrowing from Japanese)
egg fried rice
(dialect) (of birds) to lay eggs
turtle's egg (highly offensive when directed at sb)

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