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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蛋* | 蛋* | *蛋
egg / CL: 個|个, / oval-shaped thing
HSK 2
(chicken) egg / hen's egg / CL: 個|个,
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *卵* | 卵* | *卵
egg; ovum; spawn / (coll.) testicles / (old) penis / (expletive) fucking
HSK 7-9
insect egg
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-
(of a bird, insect etc) to hatch / (slang) (fig.) to be born / to crack open (an egg, a nut etc)
(coll.) (of a hen) to sit in the nest to lay or hatch eggs / (fig.) (of a person) to be laid up from illness or exhaustion / (fig.) (of a machine, vehicle etc) to break down; to be out of commission
lit. when the nest overturns no egg remains intact / no member escapes unscathed from a family disaster (idiom)
to scatter / to break sth up / to beat (an egg)
salted egg custard bun; lava bun (steamed bun with a sweet runny egg custard filling, a popular dim sum)
oden, Japanese dish made with boiled eggs, processed fish cakes, daikon radish, tofu etc in a kelp-based broth
to lay eggs
silkworm eggs
century egg; preserved egg
boiled egg
bad egg / scoundrel / bastard
to put on theatrical makeup / (neologism c. 2014) to debunk sb's claim; to put egg on sb's face
scrambled eggs
egg roll / spring roll
pasta (abbr. for 意大利麵|意大利面) / (Tw) yi mein, a variety of Cantonese egg noodle
turtle's egg (highly offensive when directed at sb)
egg products / egg-based products
to lay eggs
to freeze a woman's eggs for later fertilization; to cryopreserve oocytes
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
thoroughly cooked; (of steak) well done; (of eggs) hard-boiled
egg roll
egg fried rice (made by stir-frying cold cooked rice with eggs and vegetables)
egg yolk
to overreach oneself / to try to be clever and end up with egg on one's face
peeled boiled egg, stewed in soy sauce and other flavorings
Yangzhou fried rice, featuring scrambled egg, diced vegetables and multiple proteins – typically shrimp and barbecued pork
fried egg; sunny-side-up egg
egg tooth
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
yi mein (or yee mee or yee-fu noodles etc), a variety of Cantonese egg noodle
painted eggshell / Easter egg / (media) Easter egg (hidden feature in software or a movie etc) / post-credits scene
lit. (a place where) birds don't defecate and hens don't lay eggs (idiom) / fig. god-forsaken / remote and desolate
poached egg / egg fried on both sides
precarious as pile of eggs (idiom); ready to fall and break at any moment / in a dangerous state
pork and scrambled eggs
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *壳* | 壳* | *壳
(coll.) shell (of an egg, nut, crab etc) / case; casing; housing (of a machine or device)
soft yolk (of a cooked egg)
lit. when the nest is upset no egg is left intact (idiom) / fig. when one falls in disgrace the whole family is doomed
scrambled eggs
balut (boiled duck egg with a partly-developed embryo, which is eaten from the shell)
love egg (sex toy)
half-cooked; (of vegetables) parboiled; (of steak) medium; (of eggs) soft-boiled
to wave flags and shout battle cries (idiom); to egg sb on / to give support to
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *埙* | 埙* | *埙
ocarina / wind instrument consisting of an egg-shaped chamber with holes
egg beater
onsen tamago; hot spring egg (soft-boiled egg cooked slowly in hot spring water)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蟭* | 蟭* | *蟭
eggs of mantis
oden, Japanese dish made with boiled eggs, processed fish cakes, daikon radish, tofu etc in a kelp-based broth
egg white / protein / albumen
egg white
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)
oviraptorosaurus (egg-stealing dinosaur)
egg pancake (thin pancake rolled up with omelet inside, popular in Taiwan as a breakfast dish)
egg yolk
lit. to strike a stone with egg (idiom); to attempt the impossible / to invite disaster by overreaching oneself
Portuguese-style egg tart (pastel de nata)
incubator (for eggs or startup businesses)
egg tofu (a Japanese egg-based delicacy with a smooth, silken texture similar to tofu)
egg tart (colloquial pr. [dan4ta3])
red-painted eggs, traditional celebratory gift on third day after birth of new baby
fried egg
shrimp roe; shrimp eggs
oval / egg-shaped (leaves in botany)
(coll.) hen's egg
hard-boiled egg
capital / assets / savings / nest egg / (fig.) reputation / laurels (to rest upon) / old edition of a book / (tree) trunk
salted duck egg
egg tart
lit. the matter has become a pile of eggs (idiom); fig. at a critical juncture
soft-boiled egg
to beat; to whisk; to whip (eggs, cream etc)
bird eggs
egg fried rice
balut (boiled duck egg with a partly-developed embryo, which is eaten from the shell)
to hard-boil (eggs)
breeding egg
tea egg (egg boiled with flavorings which may include black tea)
clear soup containing beaten egg and green leafy vegetable / eggdrop soup
nabeyaki egg noodles
a variety of free-range chicken, small with furless legs, laying smaller eggs
gold dust / salted egg yolk sauce
lit. an egg colliding with a rock (idiom) / fig. to attack sb stronger than oneself / to overrate one's abilities
(coll.) duck's egg
(dialect) scrambled eggs
soft-scrambled egg (cooked until smooth and tender)
chawanmushi, Japanese savory egg custard dish that is steamed and served in a small bowl
ootheca, i.e. eggs in their capsule, of a praying mantis (used in TCM) / cuttlebone (abbr. for 海螵蛸)
silkworm eggs
passion or egg fruit (Passiflora edulis)
egg timer
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蚳* | 蚳* | *蚳
ant eggs
(coll.) egg white
ootype (site of egg composition in flatworm biology)
to look for bones in an egg / to find fault / to nitpick (idiom)

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