Dong Chinese dictionary

dàn

eggs

Phonosemantic compound. 虫 represents the meaning and 延 represents the sound.

Components

yán

delay

蛋 and 延 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.

虫 Meaning component

chóng

bug, insect

Definitions

dàn

eggs; term of abuse; egg; CL:個|个[gè],打[dá]; oval-shaped thing

Dàn

variant of 蜑[Dàn]

Most common words with 蛋

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