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(chicken) egg / hen's egg / CL: 個|个,
HSK 1
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  *蛋* | 蛋* | *蛋
egg / CL: 個|个, / oval-shaped thing
HSK 2
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  *卵* | 卵* | *卵
egg; ovum; spawn / (coll.) testicles / (old) penis / (expletive) fucking
HSK 7-9
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  *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
painted eggshell / Easter egg / (media) Easter egg (hidden feature in software or a movie etc) / post-credits scene
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  *壳* | 壳* | *壳
(coll.) shell (of an egg, nut, crab etc) / case; casing; housing (of a machine or device)
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  *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-
gold dust / salted egg yolk sauce
egg roll / spring roll
Yangzhou fried rice, featuring scrambled egg, diced vegetables and multiple proteins – typically shrimp and barbecued pork
egg white / protein / albumen
century egg; preserved egg
egg yolk
fish eggs / roe / caviar
fried egg
to scatter / to break sth up / to beat (an egg)
to lay eggs
egg roll
lit. to kill the chicken to get the eggs (idiom) / fig. to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs
scrambled eggs
soft yolk (of a cooked egg)
bad egg / scoundrel / bastard
to lay eggs
shrimp roe; shrimp eggs
(coll.) egg white
bird 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)
oval / egg-shaped (leaves in botany)
egg products / egg-based products
to overreach oneself / to try to be clever and end up with egg on one's face
capital / assets / savings / nest egg / (fig.) reputation / laurels (to rest upon) / old edition of a book / (tree) trunk
boiled egg
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *埙* | 埙* | *埙
ocarina / wind instrument consisting of an egg-shaped chamber with holes
to wave flags and shout battle cries (idiom); to egg sb on / to give support to
the chicken has flown the coop and the eggs are broken / a dead loss (idiom)
lit. to drain the pond to get at the fish (idiom) / fig. to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs
ootheca, i.e. eggs in their capsule, of a praying mantis (used in TCM) / cuttlebone (abbr. for 海螵蛸 [hai3 piao1 xiao1])
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  *嬎* | 嬎* | *嬎
(dialect) (of birds) to lay eggs / (archaic) to reproduce; to bear offspring
egg yolk
a variety of free-range chicken, small with furless legs, laying smaller eggs
red-dyed egg, traditionally given to friends and relatives one month after the birth of one's child
precarious as pile of eggs (idiom); ready to fall and break at any moment / in a dangerous state
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  *蚳* | 蚳* | *蚳
ant eggs
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  *蟭* | 蟭* | *蟭
eggs of mantis
egg tart (colloquial pr. [dan4ta3])
egg pancake (thin pancake rolled up with omelet inside, popular in Taiwan as a breakfast dish)
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  *殈* | 殈* | *殈
damage egg so it does not hatch
iron egg, a Taiwanese snack made by stewing eggs in soy sauce and air-drying them each day for a week
half-cooked; (of vegetables) parboiled; (of steak) medium; (of eggs) soft-boiled
peeled boiled egg, stewed in soy sauce and other flavorings
breeding egg
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")
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  *贕* | 贕* | *贕
still-born chick (in unhatched egg) / variant of 殰|㱩
egg timer
to put on theatrical makeup / (neologism c. 2014) to debunk sb's claim; to put egg on sb's face
century egg; preserved egg
egg tart
chive pocket, savory pan-fried turnover stuffed with garlic chives and other ingredients (usually contains scrambled eggs)
to beat; to whisk; to whip (eggs, cream etc)
red-painted eggs, traditional celebratory gift on third day after birth of new baby
frozen eggs
egg beater
love egg (sex toy)
onsen tamago; hot spring egg (soft-boiled egg cooked slowly in hot spring water)
lecithin (phospholipid found in egg yolk)
oden, Japanese dish made with boiled eggs, processed fish cakes, daikon radish, tofu etc in a kelp-based broth
tea egg (egg boiled with flavorings which may include black tea)
scrambled eggs
incubator (for eggs or startup businesses)
boiled egg
louse egg / nit
love egg (sex toy)
fried egg; sunny-side-up egg
egg fried rice
oden, Japanese dish made with boiled eggs, processed fish cakes, daikon radish, tofu etc in a kelp-based broth
lit. when the nest is upset no egg is left intact (idiom) / fig. when one falls in disgrace the whole family is doomed
yi mein (or yee mee or yee-fu noodles etc), a variety of Cantonese egg noodle
to donate eggs (from one's ovaries)
silkworm eggs
(dialect) (of birds) to lay eggs
bad element; bad egg; troublemaker
egg balancing (activity popular in China at Lichun 立春 etc) / to stand an egg on its broad end
poached egg / egg fried on both sides
lecithin (phospholipid found in egg yolk)
egg white
to look for bones in an egg / to find fault / to nitpick (idiom)
turtle's egg (highly offensive when directed at sb)
pasta (abbr. for 意大利麵|意大利面) / (Tw) yi mein, a variety of Cantonese egg noodle
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
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
balut (boiled duck egg with a partly-developed embryo, which is eaten from the shell)
salted egg custard bun; lava bun (steamed bun with a sweet runny egg custard filling, a popular dim sum)
a poached egg
chawanmushi, Japanese savory egg custard dish that is steamed and served in a small bowl
egg fried rice (made by stir-frying cold cooked rice with eggs and vegetables)
paper on which silkworm lays its eggs
nabeyaki egg noodles
passion or egg fruit (Passiflora edulis)
lit. the matter has become a pile of eggs (idiom); fig. at a critical juncture
lit. to strike a stone with egg (idiom); to attempt the impossible / to invite disaster by overreaching oneself

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