| 蛋包饭 | [ dàn baō fàn ] rice omelet |
| 蛋卷儿 | [ dàn juǎn ] erhua variant of 蛋卷[dan4 juan3] |
| 蛋挞 | [ dàn tà ] custard tart |
| 蛋壳 | [ dàn ké ] eggshell |
| 蛋炒饭节 | [ dàn chaǒ fàn jié ] Fried Rice with Egg Festival, informally observed annually on November 25 as the anniversary of the death in 1950 of Mao Zedong's son Mao Anying, by people who are grateful that Mao's grip on China did not extend to a second generation (The younger Mao died in an American air raid in Korea, and, according to a popular account, his death was the result of cooking fried rice with egg, which produced smoke detected by US forces.) |
| 蛋白胨 | [ dàn baí dòng ] peptone (biochemistry) |
| 蛋白质 | [ dàn baí zhì ] protein |
| 蛋花汤 | [ dàn huā tāng ] clear soup containing beaten egg and green leafy vegetable, eggdrop soup |
| 蛋鸡 | [ dàn jī ] laying hen |
| 蛋黄 | [ dàn huáng ] egg yolk |
| 蛋黄素 | [ dàn huáng sù ] lecithin (phospholipid found in egg yolk) |
| 蛋黄酱 | [ dàn huáng jiàng ] mayonnaise |
| ⇒ 倒霉蛋儿 | [ daǒ meí dàn ] erhua variant of 倒霉蛋[dao3 mei2 dan4] |
| ⇒ 吃鸭蛋 | [ chī yā dàn ] (fig.) to score 0 (on a test, in competition etc) |
| ⇒ 坏蛋 | [ dàn ] bad egg, scoundrel, bastard |
| ⇒ 大坏蛋 | [ dà dàn ] scoundrel, bastard |
| ⇒ 太阳蛋 | [ taì yang dàn ] fried egg, sunny-side-up egg |
| ⇒ 奶油鸡蛋 | [ naǐ yoú jī dàn ] cream sponge |
| ⇒ 屈头蛋 | [ qū toú dàn ] see 鴨仔蛋|鸭仔蛋[ya1 zi3 dan4] |
| ⇒ 山药蛋 | [ shān yao dàn ] (dialect) potato, rube, yokel |
| ⇒ 年轮蛋糕 | [ nián lún dàn gaō ] baumkuchen (cake) |
| ⇒ 懒蛋 | [ lǎn dàn ] idler, sluggard |
| ⇒ 扯鸡巴蛋 | [ chě jī ba dàn ] to talk shit, to drivel, bullshit |
| ⇒ 捣蛋 | [ daǒ dàn ] to cause trouble, to stir up trouble |
| ⇒ 捣蛋鬼 | [ daǒ dàn guǐ ] troublemaker |
| ⇒ 摊鸡蛋 | [ tān jī dàn ] scrambled eggs |
| ⇒ 枕头蛋糕 | [ zhěn tou dàn gaō ] loaf cake |
| ⇒ 欧姆蛋 | [ oū mǔ dàn ] omelette |
| ⇒ 步子太大，容易扯着蛋 | [ bù zi taì dà róng yì chě zhe dàn ] if you take too big a stride, you could easily rip your balls (catchphrase) (line spoken by actor 葛優|葛优[Ge3 You1] in the 2010 action comedy movie 讓子彈飛|让子弹飞[Rang4 Zi3 dan4 Fei1]), (fig.) take things one step at a time |
| ⇒ 毛鸭蛋 | [ maó yā dàn ] balut (boiled duck egg with a partly-developed embryo, which is eaten from the shell) |
| ⇒ 浑蛋 | [ hún dàn ] variant of 混蛋[hun2 dan4] |
| ⇒ 卤蛋 | [ lǔ dàn ] peeled boiled egg, stewed in soy sauce and other flavorings |
| ⇒ 滚彩蛋 | [ gǔn caǐ dàn ] egg rolling (rolling of decorated, hard-boiled eggs down hillsides by children at Easter) |
| ⇒ 滚蛋 | [ gǔn dàn ] get out of here!, beat it! |
| ⇒ 炒鸡蛋 | [ chaǒ jī dàn ] scrambled eggs |
| ⇒ 煮蛋计时器 | [ zhǔ dàn jì shí qì ] egg timer |
| ⇒ 球状蛋白质 | [ qiú zhuàng dàn baí zhì ] globular protein |
| ⇒ 种蛋 | [ zhǒng dàn ] breeding egg |
| ⇒ 穷光蛋 | [ qióng guāng dàn ] poor wretch, pauper, destitute man, poverty-stricken peasant, penniless good-for-nothing, impecunious vagabond |
| ⇒ 窃蛋龙 | [ qiè dàn lóng ] oviraptorosaurus (egg-stealing dinosaur) |
| ⇒ 纤毛动力蛋白 | [ xiān maó dòng lì dàn baí ] ciliary dynein protein |
| ⇒ 纤维蛋白 | [ xiān weí dàn baí ] fibrous protein |
| ⇒ 老子英雄儿好汉，老子反动儿混蛋 | [ laǒ zi yīng xióng ér haǒ hàn laǒ zi fǎn dòng ér hún dàn ] If the father is a hero, the son is a real man. If the father is a reactionary, the son is a bastard. (Cultural Revolution slogan), fig. like father, like son |
| ⇒ 肌动蛋白 | [ jī dòng dàn baí ] actin |
| ⇒ 肌纤蛋白 | [ jī xiān dàn baí ] myocilin, muscle fibrin |
| ⇒ 胶原蛋白 | [ yuán dàn baí ] collagen |
| ⇒ 脸蛋 | [ liǎn dàn ] cheek, face |
| ⇒ 脸蛋儿 | [ liǎn dàn ] cheek, face (often of child) |
| ⇒ 脸蛋子 | [ liǎn dàn zi ] cheek, face |
| ⇒ 茶叶蛋 | [ chá yè dàn ] tea egg (egg boiled with flavorings which may include black tea) |
| ⇒ 苍蝇不叮无缝蛋 | [ cāng ying bù dīng wú fèng dàn ] lit. flies do not attack an intact egg (idiom), fig. no smoke without a fire |
| ⇒ 萨赫蛋糕 | [ sà hè dàn gaō ] Sachertorte, Viennese chocolate cake |
| ⇒ 血红蛋白 | [ xuè hóng dàn baí ] hemoglobin |
| ⇒ 调皮捣蛋 | [ pí daǒ dàn ] naughty, mischievous, to act up |
| ⇒ 转蛋 | [ zhuǎn dàn ] toy in a capsule (dispensed from a vending machine) |
| ⇒ 铁蛋 | [ tiě dàn ] iron egg, a Taiwanese snack made by stewing eggs in soy sauce and air-drying them each day for a week |
| ⇒ 铁蛋子 | [ tiě dàn zi ] see 鐵球|铁球[tie3 qiu2] |
| ⇒ 鸡蛋 | [ jī dàn ] (chicken) egg, hen's egg, CL:個|个[ge4],打[da2] |
| ⇒ 鸡蛋果 | [ jī dàn guǒ ] passion or egg fruit (Passiflora edulis) |
| ⇒ 鸡蛋壳儿 | [ jī dàn ké ] eggshell |
| ⇒ 鸡蛋清 | [ jī dàn qīng ] egg white |
| ⇒ 鸡蛋炒饭 | [ jī dàn chaǒ fàn ] egg fried rice |
| ⇒ 鸡蛋碰石头 | [ jī dàn pèng shí tou ] lit. an egg colliding with a rock (idiom), fig. to attack sb stronger than oneself, to overrate one's abilities |
| ⇒ 鸡蛋里挑骨头 | [ jī dàn li gǔ tou ] to look for bones in an egg, to find fault, to nitpick (idiom) |
| ⇒ 鸡飞蛋打 | [ jī feī dàn dǎ ] the chicken has flown the coop and the eggs are broken, a dead loss (idiom) |
| ⇒ 高铁血红蛋白 | [ gaō tiě xuè hóng dàn baí ] hemoglobin |
| ⇒ 鱼蛋 | [ yú dàn ] fish ball |
| ⇒ 鸟不拉屎，鸡不生蛋 | [ bù lā shǐ jī bù shēng dàn ] lit. (a place where) birds don't defecate and hens don't lay eggs (idiom), fig. god-forsaken, remote and desolate |
| ⇒ 鸟不生蛋 | [ bù shēng dàn ] deserted (of a place) |
| ⇒ 鸟不生蛋，狗不拉屎 | [ bù shēng dàn goǔ bù lā shǐ ] lit. (a place where) birds don't lay eggs and dogs don't defecate (idiom), fig. god-forsaken, remote and desolate |
| ⇒ 鸭仔蛋 | [ yā zǐ dàn ] balut (boiled duck egg with a partly-developed embryo, which is eaten from the shell) |
| ⇒ 鸭蛋青 | [ yā dàn qīng ] pale blue |
| ⇒ 咸鸭蛋 | [ xián yā dàn ] salted duck egg |
