“Egg” in Japanese, Chinese and 18 more languages
In Japanese, “egg” is 卵 (tamago). In Chinese it is 鸡蛋 (jī dàn).
Japanese
卵
たまご · tamago
私は朝ごはんに卵を一つ食べます。
I eat an egg for breakfast.
Chinese (Simplified)
鸡蛋
jī dàn
我早餐吃一个鸡蛋。
I eat an egg for breakfast.
Chinese counts it with the measure word 个: 一个鸡蛋 means “one egg”.
“Egg” in 20 languages
The word and an example sentence in each language. The speaker buttons read them aloud with your browser’s voice.
| Language | Word | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | 卵 たまご · tamago | 私は朝ごはんに卵を一つ食べます。 |
| English | egg /eɡ/ | I eat an egg for breakfast. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 鸡蛋 jī dàn | 我早餐吃一个鸡蛋。 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 雞蛋 jī dàn | 我早餐吃一顆雞蛋。 |
| Korean | 계란 | 저는 아침으로 계란 하나를 먹어요. |
| Spanish | huevo | Como un huevo en el desayuno. |
| French | œuf | Je mange un œuf au petit-déjeuner. |
| German | Ei | Ich esse zum Frühstück ein Ei. |
| Italian | uovo | Mangio un uovo a colazione. |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | ovo | Eu como um ovo no café da manhã. |
| Russian | яйцо | Я ем яйцо на завтрак. |
| Arabic | بيضة | آكل بيضة على الفطور. |
| Hindi | अंडा | मैं नाश्ते में एक अंडा खाता हूँ। |
| Indonesian | telur | Saya makan sebutir telur untuk sarapan. |
| Vietnamese | trứng | Tôi ăn một quả trứng vào bữa sáng. |
| Thai | ไข่ | ฉันกินไข่หนึ่งฟองตอนมื้อเช้า |
| Turkish | yumurta | Kahvaltıda bir yumurta yerim. |
| Dutch | ei | Ik eet een ei bij het ontbijt. |
| Swedish | ägg | Jag äter ett ägg till frukost. |
| Polish | jajko | Na śniadanie jem jajko. |
