下蛋

Chinese

		under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter	egg; oval shaped
simp. and trad. (下蛋)		下	蛋

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): xiàdàn

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄉㄢˋ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): xia⁴ dan⁴
Cantonese (Jyutping): haa⁶ daan^6-2

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiàdàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄉㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siàdàn
  - Wade–Giles: hsia⁴-tan⁴
  - Yale: syà-dàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiahdann
  - Palladius: сядань (sjadanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ä⁵¹⁻⁵³ tän⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: xia⁴ dan⁴
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xiadan
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕia²¹³ tan²¹³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: haa⁶ daan^6-2
  - Yale: hah dáan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: haa⁶ daan^6-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: ha⁶ dan^6-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /haː²² taːn²²⁻³⁵/

Verb

下⫽蛋 (verb-object)

(intransitive) to lay eggs
- 婆婆：你這個不下蛋的雞，白吃白喝，養你何用？ [MSC, trad.]
  婆婆：你这个不下蛋的鸡，白吃白喝，养你何用？ [MSC, simp.]
  From: [1]
  Pópo: nǐ zhège bù xiàdàn de jī, bái chī bái hē, yǎng nǐ hé yòng? [Pinyin]
  Mother-in-law: You're a hen who doesn't lay eggs, feeding and watering you is a waste, what use is there in supporting you?

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 下蛋 (“to lay eggs”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		下蛋, 產卵
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	下蛋
	Taiwan	下蛋
	Chifeng	下蛋
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	下蛋
	Harbin	下蛋
	Shenyang	下蛋
	Singapore	生蛋
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	下蛋
	Tangshan	下蛋
	Cangzhou	下蛋
	Baoding	下蛋
	Shijiazhuang	下蛋
	Jinan	嬎蛋, 下蛋
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	下蛋
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Qingdao	下蛋
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	下蛋
	Zhengzhou	嬎蛋
	Xi'an	下蛋
	Xining	下蛋
	Xuzhou	下蛋, 嬎蛋
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	下蛋
	Lanzhou	下蛋, 嬎蛋
	Ürümqi	下蛋
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	下蛋, 生蛋
	Chongqing	下蛋, 生蛋
	Wuhan	生蛋
	Guiyang	下蛋
	Kunming	下蛋
	Guilin	下蛋
	Liuzhou	生蛋, 下蛋, 屙蛋
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	生蛋, 下蛋
	Yangzhou	生蛋, 下蛋
	Nantong	生蛋
	Hefei	生蛋
Cantonese	Guangzhou	生春, 生蛋
	Hong Kong	生蛋
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	生春
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	生春
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	生春
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	生春
	Macau	生春, 生蛋
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	生春, 生蛋
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	生春
	Foshan	生春, 生蛋
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	生春
	Foshan (Shunde)	生春
	Foshan (Sanshui)	屙春
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	生春
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	生春
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	生春
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	生春
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	生蛋
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	生蛋
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	生蛋
	Taishan	生蛋
	Kaiping (Chikan)	生蛋
	Enping (Niujiang)	漏蛋
	Heshan (Yayao)	脱蛋
	Dongguan	生春
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	生春
	Yangjiang	生蛋
	Nanning	屙蛋
	Baise	屙蛋
	Qinzhou	生蛋, 屙蛋
	Beihai	生蛋
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	生蛋, 屙蛋
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	生蛋
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	生蛋, 屙蛋
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	生蛋
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	生蛋
	Móng Cái	生蛋
Gan	Nanchang	下蛋
Gan	Lichuan	生蛋
Hakka	Meixian	生卵, 屙卵
	Xingning	生春
	Dabu (Xihe)	生春
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	生春
	Huidong (Daling)	生春
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	生春
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	生春
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	生春
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	生春
	Wengyuan	生春
	Liannan	生春
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	生春
	Jiexi	生卵
	Luhe	生卵
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	生卵
	Changting	屙蛋
	Wuping (Yanqian)	生蛋
	Wuping (Pingyu)	生蛋
	Ninghua	生蛋
	Ruijin	生蛋
	Tonggu (Sandu)	生蛋
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	生蛋
	Dayu	生蛋
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	生卵
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	生卵
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	生卵
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	生卵
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	生卵
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	生卵
	Hong Kong	生蛋, 生春
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	生春
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	生春
	Xinyi (Sihe)	生春
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	生蛋
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	生春
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	生春
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	生蛋
	Lianjiang (Shijiao)	生蛋
	Lianjiang (Qingping)	生蛋
	Mengshan (Xihe)	生春
	Luchuan	生蛋
	Kuala Lumpur (Dabu)	生春
	Senai (Huiyang)	生春
	Singkawang	生春
Jin	Taiyuan	下蛋
	Xinzhou	下蛋
	Linhe	下蛋
	Jining	下蛋
	Hohhot	下蛋
	Zhangjiakou	下蛋
	Handan	下蛋, 嬎蛋
Northern Min	Jian'ou	生卵
	Songxi	生卵
	Zhenghe	生卵
	Jianyang	生卵
	Wuyishan	生卵
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	生卵
	Fuzhou (Changle)	生卵
	Lianjiang	生卵
	Fuqing	生卵
	Pingtan	生卵
	Yongtai	生卵
	Minqing	生卵
	Gutian	生卵
	Pingnan	生卵
	Luoyuan	生卵
	Fu'an	生卵
	Ningde	生卵
	Xiapu	生卵
	Zherong	生卵
	Shouning	生卵
	Zhouning	生卵
	Fuding	生卵
Southern Min	Xiamen	生卵
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	生卵
	Quanzhou	生卵
	Jinjiang	生卵
	Nan'an	生卵
	Shishi	生卵
	Hui'an	生卵
	Anxi	生卵
	Yongchun	生卵
	Dehua	生卵
	Zhangzhou	生卵
	Zhangzhou (Longhai)	生卵
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	生卵
	Hua'an	生卵
	Nanjing	生卵
	Pinghe	生卵
	Zhangpu	生卵
	Yunxiao	生卵
	Zhao'an	生卵
	Dongshan	生卵
	Tainan	生卵
	Kinmen	生卵
	Longyan	生卵
	Zhangping	生卵
	Datian	生卵
	Shantou	生卵
	Jieyang	生卵
	Bangkok (Teochew)	生卵
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	生卵
	Leizhou	生卵
	Haikou	生卵
Puxian Min	Putian	生卵
Puxian Min	Xianyou	生卵
Central Min	Yong'an	生卵
	Sanming (Sanyuan)	生卵
	Sanming (Shaxian)	生卵
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	拉春
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	屙蛋
Wu	Shanghai	生蛋
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	拆蛋
	Shanghai (Chongming)	生蛋
	Suzhou	生蛋
	Hangzhou	生蛋
	Ningbo	生蛋
	Wenzhou	生卵
	Jinhua	生卵
Xiang	Changsha	生蛋
Xiang	Loudi	生蛋

Derived terms