卵 (leon2 leon5 | luan3) : ovum; egg

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卵

leon2 leon5

luan3

ovum; egg; spawn; zygote

Jyutping leon2 is standard reading; leon5 is variant.

Stroke count: 7

Level: 2

Radical: 卩 (#26)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

卵

This word has been viewed 7518 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 1st Oct 2013 05:46

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產卵 caan2 leon2/5 chan3 luan3 = to lay eggs

卵巢 leon2 caau4 luan3 chao2 = ovary

受精卵 sau6 zing1 leon2 shou4 jing1 luan3 = [bio.] fertilizated egg

同卵雙胎 tung4 leon2 soeng1 toi1 tong2 luan3 shuang1 tai1 = identical twins

孵卵器 fu1 leon2 hei3 fu1 luan3 qi4 = incubator

排卵 paai4 leon2 pai2 luan3 = ovulation

卵子 leon2 zi2 = egg, ovum, ova

石油氣孵卵器 sek6 jau4 hei3 fu1 leon2 hei3 = gas brooder

卵泡 leon2 paau1 luan3 pao4 = ovarian follicle

凍卵胎兒 dung3 leon2 toi1 ji4 dong4 luan3 tai1 er5 = a child born from a frozen embryo (lit., "frozen egg fetus")

鵝卵石 ngo4 leon2 sek6 e2 luan3 shi2 = cobble, cobblestone (lit., "goose egg stones")

殺雞取卵 saat3 gai1 ceoi2 leon2 sha1 ji1 qu3 luan3 = to seek short term gain at the sacrifice of long term profit

魚卵 jyu4*2 leon2 yu2 luan3 = roe

異卵雙胎 ji6 leon2 soeng1 toi1 yi4 luan3 shuang1 tai1 = [bio.] non-identical twins

輸卵管 syu1 leon2 gun2 shu1 luan3 guan3 = [anat.] oviduct

非同卵雙胎 fei1 tung4 leon2 soeng1 toi1 fei1 tong2 luan3 shuang1 tai1 = non-identical twins

危如累卵 ngai4 jyu4 leoi5 leon5 wei1 (PRC) wei2 (TW) ru2 lei3 luan3 = as precarious as a tower of eggs

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Decimal representation of this word: 卵
Unicode code for this character: U+5375 (off-site link)

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