鵝蛋

Chinese

		goose	egg; oval shaped
trad. (鵝蛋)		鵝	蛋
simp. (鹅蛋)		鹅	蛋

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): édàn

(Zhuyin): ㄜˊ ㄉㄢˋ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): o² dan⁴

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): ңәдан (ŋədan, I-III)
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngo⁴ daan^6-2 / ngo⁴ daan⁶
Gan (Wiktionary): 'ngo⁴ tan⁵
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶ngu-de

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: édàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄜˊ ㄉㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: édàn
  - Wade–Giles: o²-tan⁴
  - Yale: é-dàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: erdann
  - Palladius: эдань (edanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤ³⁵ tän⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: o² dan⁴
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: o dan
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /o²¹ tan²¹³/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: ңәдан (ŋədan, I-III)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋə²⁴ tæ̃⁴⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngo⁴ daan^6-2 / ngo⁴ daan⁶
  - Yale: ngòh dáan / ngòh daahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngo⁴ daan^6-2 / ngo⁴ daan⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngo⁴ dan^6-2 / ngo⁴ dan⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɔː²¹ taːn²²⁻³⁵/, /ŋɔː²¹ taːn²²/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: 'ngo⁴ tan⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˈŋo³⁵ tʰan¹¹/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶ngu-de
  - MiniDict: ngu^去 de
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³ngu-de
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ŋu²² de⁴⁴/

Noun

鵝蛋

goose egg
(Sichuanese, Lichuan Gan, Yudu Hakka, figurative, humorous) a score of zero; goose egg

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 鵝蛋 (“goose egg”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		鵝蛋
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	鵝蛋
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	鵝蛋
Central Plains Mandarin	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	鵝蛋
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	鵝蛋
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	鵝蛋
Southwestern Mandarin	Guiyang	鵝蛋
Cantonese	Hong Kong	鵝蛋
Gan	Nanchang	鵝蛋
Huizhou	Jixi	鵝子
Southern Min	Xiamen	鵝卵
	Quanzhou	鵝卵
	Zhangzhou	鵝卵
	Jieyang	鵝卵
Wu	Shanghai	鵝蛋
Wu	Jinhua	鵝卵
Xiang	Loudi	鵝蛋

Dialectal synonyms of 零蛋 (“goose egg; score of zero”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	鴨蛋
	Taiwan	零蛋, 鴨蛋
	Chifeng	鴨蛋
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	鴨蛋
	Harbin	零蛋, 雞蛋
	Shenyang	鴨蛋, 雞蛋
	Jinzhou	雞蛋
	Singapore	零蛋, 雞蛋
Jilu Mandarin	Tangshan	鴨蛋
	Cangzhou	雞蛋
	Baoding	鴨蛋, 雞蛋
	Jinan	鴨蛋
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	零蛋
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Qingdao	零蛋
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	大雞蛋
	Wanrong	零蛋
	Shangqiu	雞蛋
	Zhengzhou	雞蛋
	Xi'an	零蛋, 雞蛋
	Baoji	雞蛋
	Xining	零蛋, 雞蛋
	Xuzhou	零蛋, 大零蛋, 鴨蛋, 大鴨蛋
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	零蛋, 鴨蛋, 大鴨蛋, 雞蛋
	Lanzhou	零蛋, 鴨蛋, 雞蛋
	Ürümqi	鴨蛋
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	零蛋, 鵝蛋, 鴨蛋
	Nanchong	零光蛋
	Wuhan	雞蛋, 鴨蛋
	Guiyang	零寡蛋, 零蛋, 雞蛋
	Zhaotong	零寡蛋
	Dali	零雞蛋
	Kunming	鴨蛋, 雞蛋, 零雞蛋
	Mengzi	雞蛋
	Liuzhou	零蛋, 零雞蛋, 鴨蛋, 大鴨蛋
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	鴨蛋
	Yangzhou	鴨蛋
	Lianshui	零蛋子
	Nantong	鴨蛋
	Hefei	零蛋
	Hong'an	零雞蛋, 雞蛋
Cantonese	Guangzhou	零蛋, 雞蛋, 鴨蛋
	Hong Kong	零蛋, 零雞蛋, 蛋
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	光蛋
	Macau	零蛋
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	鴨蛋
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	零蛋
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	零蛋
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	湯圓, 鴨蛋
	Foshan	零蛋
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	雞蛋
	Foshan (Shunde)	零蛋
	Foshan (Sanshui)	零蛋
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	零蛋
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	零雞蛋
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	光蛋
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	鴨蛋
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	光蛋
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	零蛋
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	零蛋
	Taishan	零蛋
	Kaiping (Chikan)	零蛋
	Enping (Niujiang)	零蛋
	Heshan (Yayao)	零蛋
	Dongguan	鴨蛋, 光蛋, 零蛋
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	光蛋
	Shaoguan	鴨蛋
	Yunfu	零雞蛋
	Xinyi	鴨蛋
	Lianjiang	鴨蛋, 雞蛋
	Nanning	零蛋, 鴨蛋, 雞蛋
	Wuzhou	雞蛋
	Yulin	鴨蛋, 雞蛋
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	雞蛋, 鴨蛋
Gan	Lichuan	鵝蛋
Gan	Pingxiang	架架
Hakka	Meixian	鴨卵
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	鴨蛋
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	鴨春
	Shanghang	鴨蛋, 零蛋
	Yudu	鵝蛋, 紅蛋
	Guilin (Xiaojiang, Lingui)	鴨蛋
	Pingle (Tong'an)	零春
	Singkawang	零鴨春
Huizhou	Jixi	零蛋
Huizhou	Shexian	鴨子, 零蛋
Jin	Taiyuan	零蛋, 零雞蛋
	Xinzhou	零大豆, 大豆, 零顆子, 零蛋子, 燒餅, 雞蛋
	Linhe	零蛋
	Jining	零蛋
	Hohhot	雞蛋
	Pingshan	雞蛋
	Zhangjiakou	雞蛋, 零蛋
	Handan	鴨蛋, 大雞蛋
	Suide	零圪蛋, 雞蛋
Northern Min	Jian'ou	鴨嫲卵
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	鴨母卵
Southern Min	Xiamen	鴨卵, 鴨母卵, 圓箍仔
	Quanzhou	鴨卵, 鴨母卵, 圓箍仔, 圓箍奶
	Zhangzhou	鴨卵, 鴨母卵, 圓箍仔
	Leizhou	雞卵
	Haikou	鴨卵
Puxian Min	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	鴨卵圈
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	零蛋, 鴨蛋, 雞蛋
Wu	Shanghai	零湯糰, 鴨蛋
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	鴨蛋
	Shanghai (Chongming)	零蛋, 鴨蛋
	Suzhou	零湯糰
	Wuxi	零湯糰
	Danyang	零蛋, 零光蛋
	Hangzhou	鴨蛋
	Ningbo	屙蛋分, 零蛋分, 零蛋
	Wenzhou	鴨卵
	Jinhua	零蛋, 鴨卵
Xiang	Changsha	零巴巴, 圞蛋
Xiang	Loudi	零坨, 鴨蛋

Derived terms