EGG    蛋

FOETUS of BIRD in a SHELL.
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The standard word for an egg is luǎn 卵, and this word has no common near-synonyms.
Modern Chinese Criteria
蛋 卵 雞蛋 雞子兒 果兒 白果兒 鴨蛋 鴨子兒 紅蛋 喜蛋 蛋黃 卵黃 蛋白 卵白 蛋清 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
    Hypernym
    • FOETUS　BABY of ANIMAL OR HUMAN BEFORE BIRTH. (anc: 10/0, child: 1)
    • BABY　INTENSELY YOUNG CHILD. (anc: 9/0, child: 1)
    • CHILD　YOUNG DESCENDENT. (anc: 8/0, child: 5)
  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 4.48

  • Dictionnaire culturel en langue francaise ( REY 2005) p. 3.1086

  • Encyclopedia of Religion ( JONES 2005) p.

    • Words (3 items)

    卵  luǎn OC: ɡ-roonʔ MC: lʷɑn 17 Attributions

    The standard word for an egg is luǎn 卵, and this word has no common near-synonyms.

      Syntactic words
    • negg
    • nadV(born) from an egg 卵生
    • vibe oviparous
    • viactgo collecting eggs from bird's nests
    蚔  qí OC: ɡe MC: giɛ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • nant eggs
    子  zǐ OC: sklɯʔ MC: tsɨ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • negg of animals (birds, fishes etc)