皮pei4蛋daan2

English

1. century egg; preserved egg
2. century egg; a kind of preserved egg commonly used in Chinese and Southeast Asian cuisine with a dark green to grey egg yolk and translucent brown egg white

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 一種醃製食物。將鴨蛋（有時亦會用其他蛋）放入生石灰、鹽等鹼性環境中熟成所製。打開蛋黃呈深灰色至墨綠色，蛋白為半透明之啡色。又叫作「松花蛋」。（量詞：隻）

Examples

• 我阿婆話皮蛋要有雪花先至係正嘢。

  My grandmother says century eggs with snowflake patterns on the surface are the good stuff.

• 這個小皮蛋，又在客廳亂跑！

  That little naughty one is running around the living room again!

  Tatoeba · LeviHighway CC BY

• 外國朋友第一次看到皮蛋，都以為是壞掉的蛋。

  When foreign friends see century eggs for the first time, they all think they are spoiled eggs.

  Tatoeba · LeviHighway CC BY

• 外國朋友第一次看到皮蛋時，都以為是壞掉的蛋。

  When foreign friends see century eggs for the first time, they all think they are spoiled eggs.

  Tatoeba · LeviHighway CC BY