鹹蛋

Chinese

		salty	egg; oval shaped
trad. (鹹蛋)		鹹	蛋
simp. (咸蛋)		咸	蛋

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiándàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄉㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haam⁴ daan^6-2
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶ghe-de

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiándàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄉㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siándàn
    • Wade–Giles: hsien²-tan⁴
    • Yale: syán-dàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyandann
    • Palladius: сяньдань (sjanʹdanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn³⁵ tän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haam⁴ daan^6-2
    • Yale: hàahm dáan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haam⁴ daan^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: ham⁴ dan^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːm²¹ taːn²²⁻³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶ghe-de
    • MiniDict: ghe^去 de
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhe-de
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦe²² de⁴⁴/

Noun

鹹蛋

1. salted egg

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 鹹鴨蛋 (“salted duck egg”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		鹹鴨蛋, 鹹蛋
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	鹹鴨蛋, 鹹蛋
	Harbin	鹹鴨蛋
	Singapore	鹹鴨蛋, 鹹蛋
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	鹹鴨子兒, 鹹鴨蛋
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	鹹鴨蛋
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	鹹鴨蛋
	Xi'an	鹹鴨蛋
	Xining	鹹鴨蛋
	Xuzhou	鹹青皮, 鹹鴨蛋
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	鹹鴨蛋
	Lanzhou	鹹鴨蛋
	Ürümqi	鹹鴨蛋
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	鹹鴨蛋, 鹽蛋
	Wuhan	鹽蛋
	Guiyang	鹽蛋
	Guilin	鹹鴨蛋, 鹹蛋
	Liuzhou	鹹鴨蛋, 鹹蛋
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	鹹鴨蛋, 鹹蛋
	Yangzhou	鹹蛋
Cantonese	Guangzhou	鹹蛋
	Hong Kong	鹹蛋
	Dongguan	鹹鴨春
	Nanning	鹹蛋
	Wuzhou	鹹蛋
	Yulin	鹹蛋
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	鹹蛋
	Penang (Guangfu)	鹹蛋
	Singapore (Guangfu)	鹹蛋
Gan	Nanchang	鹽蛋
	Pingxiang	黃泥架架
Hakka	Meixian	鹹鴨蛋, 鹹春, 灰春, 灰卵
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	鹹春
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	灰春
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	鹹卵
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	鹹卵
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	鹹卵
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	鹹鴨卵, 鹹卵
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	鹹卵
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	鹹卵
	Hong Kong	鹹春
Huizhou	Jixi	醃鴨子
Jin	Taiyuan	鹹鴨蛋, 醃鴨蛋
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	鹹卵
Southern Min	Xiamen	鹹鴨卵, 鹹卵
	Quanzhou	鹹鴨卵, 鹹卵
	Zhangzhou	鹹鴨卵, 鹹卵
	Taipei	鹹卵 GT
	Tainan	鹹鴨卵
	Penang (Hokkien)	鹹鴨卵, 鹹卵
	Singapore (Hokkien)	鹹卵
	Manila (Hokkien)	鹹卵, 鹹鴨卵
	Longyan	灰卵
	Shantou	鹹鴨卵
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	鹹卵
	Singapore (Teochew)	鹹卵
	Haikou	鹹鴨卵
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	鹹鴨蛋, 鹹蛋
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	鹹蛋
Wu	Shanghai	鹹蛋, 鹹鴨蛋
	Shanghai (Chongming)	鹹蛋
	Suzhou	醃鴨蛋
	Danyang	鹹鴨子, 鹹鴨蛋
	Hangzhou	鹹鴨蛋
	Ningbo	鹹蛋, 灰蛋
	Wenzhou	鹹卵, 鹽卵
	Jinhua	鹽鴨卵
Xiang	Quanzhou	鹽水蛋
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Derived terms

• 鹹蛋超人／咸蛋超人 (Xiándàn Chāorén)