煮鸡蛋

煮雞蛋

zhǔjīdàn

noun

Meanings

HSK 3

我早餐通常吃一个煮鸡蛋。

Wǒ zǎocān tōngcháng chī yīgè zhǔjīdàn.

I usually eat a boiled egg for breakfast.

HSK 7-9

煮鸡蛋的时候加点盐，壳更好剥。

Zhǔjīdàn de shíhou jiādiǎn yán, ké gèng hǎo bāo.

Add a little salt when boiling eggs - the shell peels off more easily.

grammar

煮鸡蛋 reads as both noun (‘a boiled egg’) and verb-object (‘to boil eggs / boiling eggs’). 一个煮鸡蛋 is the noun reading; 我在煮鸡蛋 is verb + object.

煮 zhǔ

鸡 jī

蛋 dàn