egg (dialectal)
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
egg; roe (in dialectal or informal usage)
dialectA dialectal or informal term for eggs (like bird or reptile eggs) or roe. Not used in formal biological contexts. The neutral tone on 子 (zi) marks this as a colloquial form.
Tā他
qù去
shì市
chǎng场
mǎi买
le了
jǐ几
jīn斤
yú鱼
luǎn卵
zi子
。
He went to the market and bought a few pounds of fish roe.
Zhè这
jī鸡
luǎn蛋
zi子
zhēn真
xīn新
xiān鲜
。
These chicken eggs are really fresh.
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Guō锅
lǐ里
zhǔ煮
zhe着
jǐ几
gè个
xián咸
yā鸭
luǎn卵
zi子
。
There are a few salted duck eggs boiling in the pot.