彩蛋
Chinese
(bright) colour; variety; applause (bright) colour; variety; applause; applaud; (lottery) prize |
egg; oval shaped | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (彩蛋) |
彩 | 蛋 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: cǎidàn
- Zhuyin: ㄘㄞˇ ㄉㄢˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: cǎidàn
- Wade–Giles: tsʻai3-tan4
- Yale: tsǎi-dàn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaedann
- Palladius: цайдань (cajdanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tän⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: coi2 daan6-2
- Yale: chói dáan
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsoi2 daan6-2
- Guangdong Romanization: coi2 dan6-2
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰɔːi̯³⁵ taːn²²⁻³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhái-tàn
- Tâi-lô: tshái-tàn
- Phofsit Daibuun: zhay'daxn
- IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tan²¹/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tan⁴¹/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tan²¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tan¹¹/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tan²¹/
- (Hokkien)
Noun
彩蛋
- painted eggshell (or similar-looking objects)
- decorated egg; Fabergé egg
- short for 復活節彩蛋/复活节彩蛋 (fùhuójié cǎidàn)
- (Zhejiang Wu) century egg
- (video games or hidden item in media) Easter egg
Synonyms
- (century egg):
Dialectal synonyms of 皮蛋 (“century egg”) [map]