虾仁炒蛋, photo 1 of 2
虾仁炒蛋, photo 2 of 2
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Scramble Egg with Shrimps with Rice
By
Stefan Magdalinski
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CC BY 2.0
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Wikimedia Commons
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Cropped and resized

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Baby shrimp with scrambled egg
By
Ser Amantio di Nicolao
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CC0
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Wikimedia Commons
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Cropped and resized

虾仁炒蛋

蝦仁炒蛋
xiārén chǎo dàn
Also on menus as 虾仁炒鸡蛋, 滑蛋虾仁
noun Not spicy

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 scrambled eggs with shrimp

About the dish

家常菜 Home-style · 热菜 Hot dish

Peeled shrimp stir-fried with softly scrambled eggs and often a little scallion. Mild, tender and lightly salted; Cantonese restaurants leave the egg very soft and barely set.

Usually contains shellfish and egg

Examples

HSK 1
Wǒmen zài diǎn yí ge xiārén chǎo dàn ba, xiǎopéngyou néng chī.
Let's also order scrambled eggs with shrimp; the kids can eat that.
HSK 7-9
Xiārén chǎo dàn zuò qǐlai hěn jiǎndān, jīdàn yào chǎo de nèn yìdiǎn.
Scrambled eggs with shrimp are easy to make; just keep the eggs soft.

Stroke Order

虾 xiā
仁 rén
炒 chǎo
蛋 dàn