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鸡蛋

jī dàn

Old HSK 2 HSK 3.0 level 1 2-character word Traditional 雞蛋 Measure word 个、打

鸡蛋 (jī dàn) means "(chicken) egg". It is an HSK 3.0 level 1 word, and was HSK 2 in the old six-level list.

What 鸡蛋 means

1. (chicken) egg
2. hen's egg

The characters in 鸡蛋

• 鸡jīfowl; chicken; (slang) prostitute
• 蛋dànegg; oval-shaped thing

Example sentences

• 鸡蛋也卖完了。
  Jīdàn yě màiwán le.
  We're also out of eggs.
• 我不喜欢鸡蛋。
  I don't care for eggs.
• 鸡蛋在篮子里。
  The eggs are in the basket.
• 请问鸡蛋在哪里？
  Where are the eggs, please?
• 鸡蛋是论打买的。
  We buy eggs by the dozen.
• 我不喜欢吃鸡蛋。
  I don't like eggs.

Words starting with 鸡蛋

• 鸡蛋果jī dàn guǒpassion or egg fruit (Passiflora edulis)
• 鸡蛋清jī dàn qīngegg white
• 鸡蛋里挑骨头jī dàn li tiāo gǔ touto look for bones in an egg; to find fault; to nitpick (idiom)
• 鸡蛋碰石头jī dàn pèng shí toulit. an egg colliding with a rock (idiom); fig. to attack sb stronger than oneself…
• 鸡蛋壳儿jī dàn ké reggshell
• 鸡蛋炒饭jī dàn chǎo fànegg fried rice

Words containing 鸡蛋

• 摊鸡蛋tān jī dànomelet; to make an omelet
• 奶油鸡蛋nǎi yóu jī dàncream sponge
• 炒鸡蛋chǎo jī dànscrambled eggs

Where 鸡蛋 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Food and Drink (HSK 2), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 2 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read jī dàn correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.