蛋蛋

Chinese

		egg; oval shaped	egg; oval shaped
simp. and trad. (蛋蛋)		蛋	蛋
2nd round simp.		旦旦
alternative forms		旦旦 informal (especially Cantonese)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): dàndàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄢˋ ㄉㄢˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): dan⁴ dan^4-1

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daan^6-2 daan^6-2 / daan^6-4 daan^6-2
• Jin (Wiktionary): dan³ dan^3-2

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàndàn → dàndan (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄢˋ ㄉㄢˋ → ㄉㄢˋ ˙ㄉㄢ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàndån
    • Wade–Giles: tan⁴-tan⁵
    • Yale: dàn-dan
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dann.dann
    • Palladius: даньдань (danʹdanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tän⁵¹⁻⁵³ tän⁵¹/ → /tän⁵¹ d̥än¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: dan⁴ dan^4-1
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: dandan
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tan²¹³ tan²¹³⁻⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daan^6-2 daan^6-2 / daan^6-4 daan^6-2
    • Yale: dáan dáan / dàahn dáan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daan^6-2 daan^6-2 / daan^6-4 daan^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: dan^6-2 dan^6-2 / dan^6-4 dan^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːn²²⁻³⁵ taːn²²⁻³⁵/, /taːn²²⁻²¹ taːn²²⁻³⁵/

Note:

• daan6-2 daan6-2 — childish term for egg;
• daan6-4 daan6-2 — testicles.

• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: dan³ dan^3-2
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /tæ̃⁴⁵ tæ̃⁴⁵⁻⁵³/

Adverb

蛋蛋

1. (dialectal) very; extremely (when used as a suffix) (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Noun

蛋蛋

1. (childish) egg
2. (colloquial, childish) testicles; balls

   • 9歲澳洲男孩札克（Zac）對於捏痛弟弟的蛋蛋很有罪惡感，特地寫信向他道歉。 [MSC, trad.]
     9岁澳洲男孩札克（Zac）对于捏痛弟弟的蛋蛋很有罪恶感，特地写信向他道歉。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2013 April 14, 捏痛弟弟蛋蛋 男孩道歉信瘋傳, 中央通訊社 (Central News Agency)

     9 suì Àozhōu nánhái Zhákè (Zac) duìyú niē tòng dìdì de dàndan hěn yǒu zuì'ègǎn, tèdì xiěxìn xiàng tā dàoqiàn. [Pinyin]

     9-year-old Australian boy Zac feels guilty that he pinched his brother's nuts, so he wrote him an apology.

3. (dialectal) fruit
4. (Jin) glass marble
5. (dialectal) any sphere-shaped object

Synonyms

• (testicles):

Dialectal synonyms of 睪丸 (“testicle”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		外腎, 腎
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		睪丸, 精巢
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	卵子兒, 卵包子, 小蛋兒
	Taiwan	蛋蛋
	Harbin	卵子兒
	Singapore	球
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	球蛋
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	蛋子兒, 蛋
	Wanrong	子
	Xi'an	蛋子兒
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	卵子
	Lanzhou	脬子兒, 腎
	Ürümqi	脬卵子, 卵子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	卵, 卵蛋, 蛋蛋, 卵子, 敲敲兒
	Wuhan	卵子, 卵蛋, 卵坨
	Guiyang	卵蛋
	Liuzhou	卵考子, 考子
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	卵子
	Yangzhou	卵蛋, 卵子子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	春子
	Hong Kong	春, 春子, 春核, 波子, 蛋蛋, 睪丸
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	核
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	核春
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	核仁
	Kaiping (Chikan)	春牯
	Dongguan	春核
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	卵子
	Hepu (Shatian)	卵脬仁
	Guiping	核子
	Guiping (Mule)	𨳍卵
	Pingnan	核卵
	Guigang (Gangcheng)	核仔
	Guigang (Pingdong)	核仁
	Beihai	卵仁
	Beihai (Nankang)	卵仁
	Beihai (Yingpan)	卵仁
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	卵仁
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	卵核
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	卵核
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	春仔
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	卵
	Móng Cái	卵核
Gan	Lichuan	順子
	Pingxiang	卵坨子
Hakka	Meixian	核卵
	Xingning	核卵
	Dabu (Xihe)	核卵仁
	Zengcheng (Zhengguo)	核卵
	Zhongshan (Wuguishan)	核卵
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	核卵
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	核卵
	Wuhua (Changbu)	核卵
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	核卵
	Jiexi	核卵
	Changting	卵子
	Longyan (Yongding)	核卵
	Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding)	核卵仁
	Longyan (Gaobei, Yongding)	核卵
	Longyan (Hukeng, Yongding)	核卵
	Wuping (Zhongshan)	核卵
	Liancheng (Peitian)	卵子
	Liancheng (Juxi)	核卵
	Liancheng (Zhongbao)	核卵
	Liancheng (Laiyuan)	核卵
	Yudu	卵子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	核卵
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	核卵
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	核卵
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	核卵仁
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	核卵仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	核卵
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	核卵
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	核卵
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	核卵
	Hong Kong	核卵
	Sabah (Longchuan)	核卵
	Kuala Lumpur (Dabu)	核卵仁
	Senai (Huiyang)	核
	Singkawang	核卵
	Bangkok (Meixian)	核卵
	Bangkok (Fengshun)	核卵
Huizhou	Jixi	卵子
Jin	Pingyao	堆兒, 蛋
	Xinzhou	蛋籽子
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	𡳞核子, 𡳞核
	Fuzhou (Changle)	𡳞核子
	Fuqing	𡳞核子
	Yongtai	𡳞脬子
	Gutian	𡳞核子
	Fu'an	𡳞脬子
	Ningde	𡳞脬子
	Shouning	𡳞脬子
	Zhouning	尿脬子
	Fuding	卵脬子
Southern Min	Xiamen	𡳞核, 腎子
	Quanzhou	𡳞核, 腎子
	Jinjiang	𡳞核
	Yongchun	𡳞核, 𡳞核子
	Zhangzhou	𡳞核, 腎子
	Zhao'an	𡳞核
	Taipei	𡳞核
	Taipei (Wanhua)	𡳞脬核仔
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	𡳞核
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	𡳞核
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	𡳞核
	Kaohsiung	𡳞核, 𡳞核仔
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	𡳞核仔, 𡳞核
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	𡳞核
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	𡳞核
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	𡳞核
	Yilan	𡳞核
	Yilan (Toucheng)	𡳞核仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	𡳞核, 𡳞核仔
	Taichung	𡳞核仔
	Taichung (Wuqi)	𡳞核
	Tainan	𡳞核, 𡳞核仔, 腎子
	Tainan (Anping)	𡳞核
	Taitung	𡳞核仔
	Hsinchu	𡳞核, 𡳞核仔
	Kinmen	𡳞核
	Penghu (Magong)	𡳞核
	Penghu (Xiyu)	𡳞核
	Penang (Hokkien)	𡳞核, 核, 𡳞脬子
	Singapore (Hokkien)	𡳞核, 腎子, 𡳞脬子
	Manila (Hokkien)	𡳞核
	Chaozhou	核
	Shantou	𡳞核
	Shantou (Chenghai)	𡳞核
	Nan'ao (Houzhai)	𡳞核
	Nan'ao (Yun'ao)	𡳞核
	Jieyang	𡳞核, 𡳞仁
	Haifeng	𡳞脬核
	Bangkok (Teochew)	𡳞核
	Leizhou	𡳞脬子, 𡳞脬核, 核子
	Wenchang	𡳞仁
	Haikou	𡳞脬仁
Puxian Min	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	𡳞核
Central Min	Sanming (Sanyuan)	石核
	Sanming (Shaxian)	尿脬核
Shaojiang Min	Mingxi	腎肚子
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	卵子
Wu	Shanghai	卵子
	Suzhou	卵子
	Danyang	卵脬黃, 卵子黃
	Hangzhou	卵子
	Ningbo	卵黃, 卵袋黃
	Wenzhou	卵子, 卵袋子, 陰袋子
	Jinhua	老核子
Xiang	Loudi	考子, 卵子
	Hengyang	睪子

Derived terms

• 切蛋蛋 (qiē dàndàn)