鴨卵

Chinese

		duck	ovum
trad. (鴨卵)		鴨	卵
simp. (鸭卵)		鸭	卵

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yāluǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄚ ㄌㄨㄢˇ

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ap-lón
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): ah-nn̄g / ah-nňg / ah-nūi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ah⁴ neng⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yāluǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄚ ㄌㄨㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yaluǎn
    • Wade–Giles: ya¹-luan³
    • Yale: yā-lwǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ialoan
    • Palladius: ялуань (jaluanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jä⁵⁵ lu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ap-lón
    • Hakka Romanization System: ab` lon`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ab⁵ lon³
    • Sinological IPA: /ap̚² lon³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Sanxia, Kinmen, Magong, Hsinchu, Taichung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ah-nn̄g
    • Tâi-lô: ah-nn̄g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ahnng
    • IPA (Xiamen, Kinmen): /a(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ nŋ̍²²/
    • IPA (Taipei, Tainan): /a(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ nŋ̍³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /a(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ nŋ̍³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Lukang, Philippines, Jinjiang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ah-nňg
    • Tâi-lô: ah-nňg
    • IPA (Philippines, Jinjiang): /a(ʔ)⁵ nŋ̍³³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /a(ʔ)⁵ nŋ̍²²/
    • IPA (Lukang): /a(ʔ)⁵⁻⁵³ nŋ̍³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Yilan, Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ah-nūi
    • Tâi-lô: ah-nuī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ahnui
    • IPA (Penang): /a(ʔ)³⁻⁴ nui²¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /a(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ nuĩ²²/
    • IPA (Yilan): /a(ʔ)²⁻⁵³ nuĩ³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ah⁴ neng⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ah nṳ̆ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aʔ²⁻⁴ nɯŋ³⁵/

Noun

鴨卵

1. (literary or Hakka, Min, dialectal Wu) duck egg
2. (Southern Min, Meixian Hakka, Jinhua Wu, figurative) a score of zero; goose egg

Synonyms

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

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		鴨卵, 鴨子
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		鴨蛋
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	鴨子兒
	Taiwan	鴨蛋
	Harbin	鴨蛋
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	鴨蛋, 鴨子兒
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	鴨蛋, 鴨巴子蛋
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	鴨蛋
	Xi'an	鴨蛋
	Xining	鴨蛋
	Xuzhou	鴨蛋
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	鴨蛋
	Lanzhou	鴨蛋
	Ürümqi	鴨蛋
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	鴨蛋
	Wuhan	鴨蛋
	Guiyang	鴨蛋
	Liuzhou	鴨蛋
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	鴨蛋
	Yangzhou	鴨蛋
Mandarin	Singapore	鴨蛋
Cantonese	Guangzhou	鴨春
	Hong Kong	鴨蛋
	Dongguan	鴨春
	Singapore (Guangfu)	鴨蛋
Gan	Nanchang	鴨蛋
	Lichuan	鴨蛋
	Pingxiang	鴨架架
Hakka	Meixian	鴨卵
	Xingning	鴨春
	Yudu	鴨蛋
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	鴨卵, 鴨春
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	鴨卵, 鴨春
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	鴨卵, 鴨春
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	鴨卵, 鴨春
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	鴨卵, 鴨春
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	鴨卵
Huizhou	Jixi	鴨子
Jin	Taiyuan	鴨蛋
	Pingyao	鴨蛋
	Xinzhou	鴨子蛋
Northern Min	Jian'ou	鴨卵
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	鴨卵, 太平
	Fuqing	鴨卵
Southern Min	Xiamen	鴨卵, 鴨母卵
	Quanzhou	鴨卵, 鴨母卵
	Zhangzhou	鴨卵, 鴨母卵
	Singapore (Hokkien)	鴨卵
	Manila (Hokkien)	鴨卵
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	鴨卵
	Singapore (Teochew)	鴨卵
	Leizhou	鴨卵
	Haikou	鴨卵
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	鴨蛋
Wu	Shanghai	鴨蛋
	Shanghai (Chongming)	鴨蛋
	Suzhou	鴨蛋
	Danyang	鴨子, 鴨蛋
	Hangzhou	鴨蛋
	Ningbo	鴨蛋
	Wenzhou	鴨卵
	Jinhua	鴨卵
	Jinhua (Tangxi)	鴨子
Xiang	Changsha	鴨蛋
	Loudi	鴨蛋

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
Jilu Mandarin	Tangshan	鴨蛋
	Cangzhou	雞蛋
	Baoding	鴨蛋, 雞蛋
	Jinan	鴨蛋
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	零蛋
	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
Mandarin	Singapore	零蛋, 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)	光蛋
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng 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
	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
	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
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	零蛋, 鴨蛋, 雞蛋
Wu	Shanghai	零湯糰, 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
	Loudi	零坨, 鴨蛋

Derived terms

• 長山賣鴨卵／长山卖鸭卵
• 鴨卵青／鸭卵青