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Egg in Chinese

egg · HSK 1

鸡蛋 jī dàn

  1. 鸡 jī chicken
  2. 蛋 dàn egg

Counted with 个: 一个鸡蛋 yí gè jīdàn

我早饭吃了两个鸡蛋。 I had two eggs for breakfast.

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How do you say egg in Chinese?

Egg in Chinese is 鸡蛋 (jī dàn). You can also say 子 (zǐ).

Which word should I use?

Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.

Where do these words come from?

The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.

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