Dictionary🇨🇳 Chinese → 🇺🇸 English
蛋
dàn
Description
“蛋”是鸟或其他动物下的东西,我们最常吃的是鸡蛋。
"蛋" is something laid by birds or other animals; the most commonly eaten are chicken eggs.
它也常常放在别的字后面,用来骂人。
It is also often placed after other characters to insult people.
Meanings
蛋dàn
egg (of a bird or animal)
我早上吃了一个鸡蛋。
I ate an egg this morning.
坏蛋huàidàn
used in words to insult a person
他真是个坏蛋。
He is really a bad guy.
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Notes
- Etymology
originally means egg; used as a suffix in insults like 坏蛋, 笨蛋.
- Nuance
蛋 alone rarely means insult; the insult sense needs a prefix character.
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