茶叶蛋

茶葉蛋

cháyèdàn

noun

Measure Word

一个茶叶蛋 gè

Meanings

1 tea egg (egg boiled in tea with soy sauce and spices)

Characters

Examples

便利店里永远有一锅茶叶蛋在煮。

Biànlìdiàn lǐ yǒngyuǎn yǒu yī guō cháyèdàn zài zhǔ.

There's always a pot of tea eggs simmering at the convenience store.

早饭我买了豆浆和一个茶叶蛋。

Zǎofàn wǒ mǎi le dòujiāng hé yī gè cháyèdàn.

For breakfast I bought soy milk and a tea egg.

Tips

culture

Cooked with tea leaves, soy sauce and spices like star anise and cinnamon, 茶叶蛋 sits on hot racks in every Chinese convenience store. In 2011, a Taiwanese TV panelist claimed mainlanders were too poor to afford them — the resulting '茶叶蛋' meme still gets trotted out online whenever cross-strait stereotypes flare up.

Stroke Order

茶 chá

叶 yè

蛋 dàn