계란

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 鷄卵, from 鷄 (“chicken”) + 卵 (“egg”)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [kje̞ɾa̠n] ~ [ke̞ɾa̠n]
• Phonetic hangul: [계란/게란]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	gyeran
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	gyelan
McCune–Reischauer?	kyeran
Yale Romanization?	kyeylan

South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 계란의 / 계란에 / 계란까지

Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch only on the first syllable, and lowers the pitch of subsequent suffixes.

Noun

계란 • (gyeran) (hanja 鷄卵)

1. chicken egg

Synonyms

• 달걀 (dalgyal)

Derived terms

• 계란 껍질 (gyeran kkeopjil, “eggshell”)
• 계란말이 (gyeranmari)
• 계란빵 (gyeranppang)
• 계란찜 (gyeranjjim)
• 계란 후라이 (gyeran hurai)