煮鸡蛋

煮雞蛋

zhǔjīdàn

noun

Meanings

1 boiled egg
2 to boil eggs

Characters

Examples

我早餐通常吃一个煮鸡蛋。

Wǒ zǎocān tōngcháng chī yīgè zhǔ jīdàn.

I usually eat a boiled egg for breakfast.

煮鸡蛋的时候加点盐，壳更好剥。

Zhǔ jīdàn de shíhou jiā diǎn yán, ké gèng hǎo bāo.

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

Tips

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.

Stroke Order

煮 zhǔ

鸡 jī

蛋 dàn