蚵仔煎

Chinese

		oyster	pan-fry
trad. (蚵仔煎)		蚵仔	煎
simp. #(蚵仔煎)		蚵仔	煎
alternative forms		蠔仔煎／蚝仔煎 兒啊煎／儿啊煎 informal 兒阿煎／儿阿煎 informal 哦啊煎

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kèzǐjiān, ézǐjiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄜˋ ㄗˇ ㄐㄧㄢ, ㄜˊ ㄗˇ ㄐㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ho⁴ zai² zin¹ / o¹ zai² zin¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ò-é-chiên
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ô-á-chian

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kèzǐjiān → kèzijiān (toneless variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˋ ㄗˇ ㄐㄧㄢ → ㄎㄜˋ ˙ㄗ ㄐㄧㄢ (toneless variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kèzi̊hjian
    • Wade–Giles: kʻo⁴-tzŭ⁵-chien¹
    • Yale: kè-dz-jyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: keh.tzyyjian
    • Palladius: кэцзыцзянь (kɛczyczjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ⁵¹ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/ → /kʰɤ⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ézǐjiān → ézijiān (toneless variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄜˊ ㄗˇ ㄐㄧㄢ → ㄜˊ ˙ㄗ ㄐㄧㄢ (toneless variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ézi̊hjian
    • Wade–Giles: o²-tzŭ⁵-chien¹
    • Yale: é-dz-jyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: er.tzyyjian
    • Palladius: эцзыцзянь (eczyczjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤ³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/ → /ˀɤ³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ho⁴ zai² zin¹ / o¹ zai² zin¹
    • Yale: hòh jái jīn / ō jái jīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ho⁴ dzai² dzin¹ / o¹ dzai² dzin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ho⁴ zei² jin¹ / o¹ zei² jin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔː²¹ t͡sɐi̯³⁵ t͡siːn⁵⁵/, /ɔː⁵⁵ t͡sɐi̯³⁵ t͡siːn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ò-é-chiên
    • Hakka Romanization System: o^ˇ e^ˋ jien^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: o² e³ jian¹
    • Sinological IPA: /o¹¹ e³¹ t͡si̯en²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Kinmen, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ô-á-chian
    • Tâi-lô: ô-á-tsian
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oi'afciefn
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɤ²³⁻³³ a⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /o¹³⁻²² a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kinmen): /o²⁴⁻¹² a⁵³⁻²⁴ t͡siɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /o²⁴⁻³³ a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /o²⁴⁻²² a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Philippines): /o²⁴⁻²² a⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡siɛn³³/

蚵仔煎

Noun

蚵仔煎

1. (chiefly Hokkien, Taiwanese Mandarin, Taiwanese Hakka) oyster omelette (local delicacy in Chaoshan, Southern Fujian and Taiwan)

Usage notes

• In Taiwan, people usually just use the Hokkien name for the dish (approximately é'ājiān in pinyin) even when speaking Mandarin.
• In the Philippines, it is more often called oyster cake in English-language menus in Chinese restaurants, but when speaking Hokkien, people use the Hokkien name of the dish.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 海蠣煎 (“oyster omelette”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		牡蠣煎, 海蠣煎, 蠔煎
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	蚵仔煎
	Malaysia	蠔煎
	Singapore	蠔煎
Cantonese	Hong Kong	煎蠔餅, 蠔餅, 蠔仔餅, 蚵仔煎 Taiwanese style
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	蠔煎
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	蚵仔煎
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	蚵仔煎
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	蚵煎
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	蚵仔煎
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	蚵仔煎
Eastern Min	Matsu	蠣𤉹卵
Southern Min	Xiamen	蚵仔煎, 蚵煎
	Quanzhou	蚵仔煎
	Zhangzhou	蚵仔煎, 蚵煎
	Zhao'an	蚵仔煎
	Taipei	蚵仔煎
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	蚵仔煎
	Kaohsiung	蚵仔煎
	Yilan	蚵仔煎
	Changhua (Lukang)	蚵仔煎
	Taichung	蚵仔煎
	Tainan	蚵仔煎
	Taitung	蚵仔煎
	Hsinchu	蚵仔煎
	Kinmen	蚵仔煎
	Penghu (Magong)	蚵仔煎
	Penang (Hokkien)	蚵煎
	Singapore (Hokkien)	蚵煎
	Manila (Hokkien)	蚵仔煎, 蚵煎
	Chaozhou	蠔烙
	Shantou	蠔烙
	Shantou (Chenghai)	蠔烙
	Jieyang	蠔烙
	Bangkok (Teochew)	蠔烙
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	蠔烙
	Singapore (Teochew)	蠔烙
	Wenchang	蠔煎卵

See also

• 蠣餅／蛎饼 (lìbǐng)

References

• (Min Nan) “Entry #7822”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.