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CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
皮蛋
century egg; preserved egg
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
century egg; preserved egg
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 皮蛋 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 皮蛋 appears in 10 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
When foreign friends see century eggs for the first time, they all think they are spoiled eggs.
When foreign friends see century eggs for the first time, they all think they are spoiled eggs.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 皮蛋.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 皮蛋.
Directly before
- 看到皮蛋2
- 和皮蛋1
- 嫌皮蛋1
- 小皮蛋1
- 个皮蛋1
Directly after
- 皮蛋豆腐1
- 皮蛋切开1
- 皮蛋味重1
- 皮蛋今天1
- 皮蛋时1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 皮蛋
What does 皮蛋 mean in Chinese?
皮蛋 (pídàn) means century egg; preserved egg.
How do you pronounce 皮蛋?
皮蛋 is pronounced pídàn.
Is 皮蛋 an HSK word?
皮蛋 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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