皮蛋

Chinese

		leather; skin; fur	egg; oval shaped
simp. and trad. (皮蛋)		皮	蛋
alternative forms		皮旦

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): pídàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧˊ ㄉㄢˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): pi² dan⁴

  (Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): pídān

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): пидан (pidan, I-III)

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): pei⁴ daan^6-2

  (Dongguan, Jyutping++): pai⁴ deng^3-2

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): pei³ an^5*

  (Yangjiang, Jyutping++): pei⁴ daan⁶

• Gan (Wiktionary): pi² 'tan⁵
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): pi² tan⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phî-tàn
• Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): pi⁴ daan⁶
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶bi-de₆ / ²bi-dae₆ / ²bi-doe₆ / ²bi-de₆ / ²bi-daen₆
  • (Jinhua): ²bi-dan₆
• Xiang

  (Changsha, Wiktionary): bi² dan⁵

  (Loudi, Wiktionary): bbi² ddann^5*

  (Hengyang, Wiktionary): bi² dan

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pídàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˊ ㄉㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pídàn
    • Wade–Giles: pʻi²-tan⁴
    • Yale: pí-dàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyidann
    • Palladius: пидань (pidanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi³⁵ tän⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: pi² dan⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: pidan
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi²¹ tan²¹³/
  • (Nanjing)
    • Nanjing Pinyin: pídān
    • Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): pi² dan⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi²⁴ tã⁴⁴/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: пидан (pidan, I-III)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi²⁴ tæ̃⁴⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pei⁴ daan^6-2
    • Yale: pèih dáan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pei⁴ daan^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: péi⁴ dan^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰei̯²¹ taːn²²⁻³⁵/
  • (Dongguan, Guancheng)
    • Jyutping++: pai⁴ deng^3-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɐi²¹ tɛŋ³²⁻³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: pei³ an^5*
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰei²² an³²⁻³²⁵/
  • (Yangjiang Yue, Jiangcheng)
    • Jyutping++: pei⁴ daan⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰei⁴² tan⁵⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: pi² 'tan⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi²⁴ ˈtʰan¹¹/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: pi² tan⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰi¹¹ tʰan⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Tong'an, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phî-tàn
    • Tâi-lô: phî-tàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phi'daxn
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /pʰi²⁴⁻¹¹ tan¹¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰi¹³⁻²² tan²¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /pʰi²⁴⁻²² tan⁴¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰi²³⁻³³ tan²¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Tong'an): /pʰi²⁴⁻¹¹ tan¹¹²/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /pʰi²⁴⁻²² tan²¹/
• Southern Pinghua
  • (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
    • Jyutping++: pi⁴ daan⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi²¹ tan²²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶bi-de₆
    • MiniDict: bi^去 de^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³bi-de₃
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /bi²² de⁴⁴/
  • (Northern: Jiading, Songjiang, Ningbo)
    • Wugniu: ²bi-dae₆
    • MiniDict: bi^平 dae^去
    • Sinological IPA (Jiading): /bi²³ de⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Songjiang): /bi²⁴ dɛ³¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /bi²² dɛ⁵¹/
  • (Northern: Chongming)
    • Wugniu: ²bi-doe₆
    • MiniDict: bi^平 doe^去
    • Sinological IPA (Chongming): /bi²⁴ dø/
  • (Northern: Suzhou)
    • Wugniu: ²bi-de₆
    • MiniDict: bi^平 de^去
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /bi²² de³³/
  • (Northern: Hangzhou)
    • Wugniu: ²bi-daen₆
    • MiniDict: bi^平 daen^去
    • Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /bi²² dẽ̞³⁴/
  • (Jinhua)
    • Wugniu: ²bi-dan₆
    • Sinological IPA (Jinhua): /bi³¹ dã¹⁴/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: bi² dan⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi¹³ tan²¹⁻¹¹/
  • (Loudi)
    • Wiktionary: bbi² ddann^5*
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /bi¹³ dã̠¹¹⁻¹/
  • (Hengyang)
    • Wiktionary: bi² dan
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi¹¹ tan³/

Noun

皮蛋

1. century egg (Classifier: 顆／颗 m; 枚 m; 隻／只 c)
2. (regional, humorous) naughty child
3. (regional, card games) queen
4. (Dungan) rubber ball

Synonyms

• (century egg):

Dialectal synonyms of 皮蛋 (“century egg”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		皮蛋, 松花蛋
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	松花蛋, 松花
	Taiwan	皮蛋
	Chengde	松花兒蛋
	Chifeng	松花蛋
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	松花蛋
	Heihe	松花蛋
	Qiqihar	松花蛋, 松花
	Harbin	松花蛋, 變蛋 dated
	Jiamusi	松花蛋
	Baicheng	皮蛋, 變蛋
	Changchun	松花蛋
	Tonghua	松花蛋
	Shenyang	松花蛋, 變蛋
	Jinzhou	松花蛋, 變蛋, 皮蛋
	Singapore	皮蛋
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	松花
	Tangshan	松花蛋, 皮蛋
	Cangzhou	松花蛋
	Baoding	松花蛋 †, 皮蛋 ‡
	Shijiazhuang	松花蛋
	Lijin	松花蛋, 變蛋
	Jinan	松花, 變蛋, 皮蛋
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	變蛋
	Dandong	松花蛋, 變蛋
	Yantai	變蛋
	Yantai (Muping)	松花蛋, 變蛋
	Qingdao	松花蛋, 變蛋
	Zhucheng	松花蛋, 變蛋
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	松花兒蛋 †, 皮蛋 ‡, 變蛋 ‡
	Lingbao	變蛋
	Jining	松花, 變蛋
	Wanrong	變蛋
	Linfen	皮蛋, 變蛋
	Shangqiu	松花蛋, 變蛋
	Yuanyang	松花蛋
	Zhengzhou	變蛋
	Xinyang	變蛋
	Baihe	松花蛋, 皮蛋, 變蛋
	Xi'an	變蛋, 皮蛋
	Baoji	松花蛋, 皮蛋, 變蛋
	Tianshui	變蛋, 凍蛋
	Xining	變蛋, 皮蛋, 松花蛋
	Dunhuang (Hedong dialect)	臭蛋, 變蛋
	Xuzhou	松花 †, 松花蛋 †, 變蛋 ‡, 變雞蛋 ‡
	Fuyang	松花蛋, 變蛋
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	變蛋, 松花蛋
	Lanzhou	變蛋, 皮蛋
	Hami	變蛋
	Ürümqi	變蛋, 松花兒蛋
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	皮蛋, 松花皮蛋 §, 松花蛋 §
	Nanchong	皮蛋, 松花皮蛋
	Dazhou	皮蛋
	Hanyuan	皮蛋
	Xichang	皮蛋
	Zigong	皮蛋
	Chongqing	皮蛋
	Wuhan	松花蛋, 皮蛋
	Yichang	松花蛋, 皮蛋
	Xiangyang	皮蛋
	Tianmen	松花蛋, 皮蛋
	Guiyang	皮蛋, 松花皮蛋, 松花蛋 §
	Zunyi	皮蛋
	Bijie	皮蛋
	Liping	皮蛋
	Zhaotong	松花蛋, 皮蛋
	Dali	松花皮蛋
	Kunming	松花蛋, 皮蛋
	Mengzi	皮蛋
	Guilin	皮蛋, 松花蛋
	Liuzhou	皮蛋
	Nanning (Wuming)	皮蛋, 松花蛋
	Jishou	松花蛋, 皮蛋
	Changde	皮蛋
	Hanzhong	松花蛋, 皮蛋, 變蛋
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	松花蛋, 皮蛋, 變蛋
	Yangzhou	松花蛋, 皮蛋, 變蛋
	Lianyungang	變蛋
	Lianshui	變蛋
	Nantong	皮蛋, 變蛋
	Anqing	松花蛋, 皮蛋
	Wuhu	松花蛋, 皮蛋
	Hefei	皮蛋
	Hong'an	松花蛋, 皮蛋
Cantonese	Guangzhou	皮蛋
	Hong Kong	皮蛋
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	皮蛋
	Macau	皮蛋
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	皮蛋
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	皮蛋
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	皮蛋
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	皮蛋
	Foshan	皮蛋
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	皮蛋
	Foshan (Shunde)	屁蛋
	Foshan (Sanshui)	皮蛋
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	皮蛋
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	皮蛋
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	皮蛋
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	皮蛋
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	皮蛋
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	皮蛋
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	皮蛋
	Taishan	皮蛋
	Kaiping (Chikan)	皮蛋
	Enping (Niujiang)	皮蛋
	Heshan (Yayao)	皮蛋
	Dongguan	皮蛋
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	皮蛋
	Qingyuan	皮蛋
	Fogang	皮蛋
	Yingde (Hanguang)	皮蛋
	Yangshan	皮蛋
	Lianshan (Butian)	皮蛋
	Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui)	皮蛋
	Shaoguan	皮蛋
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	皮蛋
	Renhua	皮蛋
	Lechang	皮蛋
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	皮蛋
	Sihui	皮蛋
	Guangning	皮蛋
	Deqing	皮蛋
	Huaiji	皮蛋
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	皮蛋
	Yunfu	皮蛋
	Xinxing	皮蛋
	Luoding	皮蛋
	Yunan (Pingtai)	皮蛋
	Yangjiang	皮蛋
	Xinyi	皮蛋
	Lianjiang	皮蛋
	Nanning	皮蛋
	Wuzhou	皮蛋
	Yulin	皮蛋
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	皮蛋
	Singapore (Guangfu)	皮蛋
Gan	Nanchang	皮蛋
	Pengze	皮蛋
	Lichuan	皮蛋
	Pingxiang	皮蛋, 皮蛋架架, 藏架架, 牛皮蛋 dated
Hakka	Meixian	皮蛋
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	皮蛋
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	皮蛋
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	皮蛋
	Zhongshan (Wuguishan)	皮蛋
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	皮蛋
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	皮蛋
	Yudu	皮蛋
	Shicheng	皮蛋
	Shangyou (Shexi)	皮蛋
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	馬尿卵
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	馬尿卵, 臭卵
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	馬卵
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	馬卵, 皮蛋
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	皮春, 皮蛋
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	皮蛋, 馬卵, 馬尿卵
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	馬卵
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	馬卵
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	皮蛋
	Hong Kong	皮蛋
Huizhou	Jixi	皮蛋
	Shexian	皮蛋
Jin	Taiyuan	變蛋, 松花蛋, 松花
	Yangyuan	松花兒蛋
	Datong	皮蛋
	Xinzhou	松花蛋
	Changzhi	松花蛋
	Linhe	松花蛋
	Jining	松花蛋
	Hohhot	松花蛋
	Erenhot	松花蛋
	Pingshan	松花兒蛋, 變蛋
	Zhangjiakou	松花蛋
	Handan	松花蛋, 松花, 變蛋
	Linzhou	變蛋
	Suide	松花蛋, 變蛋
Northern Min	Jian'ou	灰卵
	Jianyang	皮卵
	Wuyishan	皮卵
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	皮卵
	Fuzhou (Changle)	皮卵
	Fuqing	皮卵
	Yongtai	皮卵
	Gutian	皮卵
	Fu'an	皮卵
	Ningde	皮卵
	Shouning	皮卵
	Zhouning	皮卵
	Fuding	皮卵
	Matsu	皮卵
Southern Min	Xiamen	皮蛋
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	皮蛋
	Quanzhou	皮蛋
	Jinjiang	皮蛋
	Zhangzhou	皮蛋, 灰卵, 皮卵
	Zhao'an	皮蛋
	Taipei	皮蛋
	Taipei (Wanhua)	皮蛋
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	皮蛋
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	皮蛋
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	皮蛋
	Kaohsiung	皮蛋
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	皮蛋
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	皮蛋
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	皮蛋
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	皮蛋
	Yilan	皮蛋
	Yilan (Toucheng)	皮蛋
	Changhua (Lukang)	皮蛋
	Taichung	皮蛋
	Taichung (Wuqi)	皮蛋
	Tainan	皮蛋
	Tainan (Anping)	皮蛋
	Taitung	皮蛋
	Hsinchu	皮蛋
	Penghu (Magong)	皮蛋
	Penghu (Xiyu)	皮蛋
	Manila (Hokkien)	皮蛋
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	灰卵
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	皮蛋
	Jieyang	皮卵
	Wenchang	松花卵
	Haikou	皮卵
Puxian Min	Putian	灰卵
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	灰卵
	Xianyou	灰卵
	Xianyou (Fengting)	灰卵
	Xianyou (Youyang)	灰卵
Central Min	Yong'an	皮卵
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	皮蛋
	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	皮蛋
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	皮蛋
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	皮蛋
Wu	Shanghai	皮蛋
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	皮蛋
	Shanghai (Zhoupu, Pudong)	皮蛋
	Shanghai (Jiading)	皮蛋
	Shanghai (Shuangcaodun, Baoshan)	皮蛋
	Shanghai (Luodian, Baoshan)	皮蛋
	Shanghai (Chongming)	皮蛋
	Suzhou	皮蛋
	Suzhou (Lili, Wujiang)	皮蛋, 松花蛋
	Suzhou (Shengze, Wujiang)	皮蛋
	Wuxi	皮蛋
	Changshu	皮蛋
	Kunshan	皮蛋
	Jiaxing	皮蛋
	Changzhou	皮蛋, 想蛋
	Liyang	皮蛋
	Changzhou (Jintan)	皮蛋
	Yixing	皮蛋
	Danyang	皮蛋, 變蛋
	Danyang (Tongjiaqiao)	皮蛋
	Jingjiang	皮蛋
	Jiangyin	皮蛋
	Huzhou (Shuanglin)	皮蛋
	Hangzhou	皮蛋
	Shaoxing	皮蛋
	Zhuji (Wangjiajing)	皮蛋
	Shengzhou (Chongren)	皮蛋
	Shengzhou (Taiping)	皮蛋
	Ningbo	皮蛋, 彩蛋
	Yuyao	皮蛋
	Taizhou (Huangyan)	皮蛋
	Wenzhou	皮蛋, 彩蛋
	Quzhou	皮蛋
	Jinhua	皮蛋, 彩蛋
	Yongkang	皮蛋
Xiang	Changsha	皮蛋
	Loudi	皮蛋, 松花蛋 §
	Quanzhou	皮蛋
Xiangnan Tuhua	Jiangyong	粉圓
Note	§ - one that has a pine branch pattern; † - made with duck egg; ‡ - made with chicken egg

• (naughty child):

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• 孽蟲 / 孽虫 (Hokkien)
• 孽雞 / 孽鸡 (Hokkien)
• 小反叛兒 / 小反叛儿 (xiǎofǎnpànr) (Beijing)
• 小淘氣 / 小淘气 (xiǎotáoqì) (as a term of endearment)
• 淘氣包 / 淘气包 (táoqìbāo)
• 淘氣鬼 / 淘气鬼 (táoqìguǐ)
• 熊孩子 (xióngháizi) (colloquial)
• 頑童 / 顽童 (wántóng)
• 魔丸 (mówán) (Internet slang)

• (queen):

Dialectal synonyms of 圈兒 (“queen (playing cards)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	疙瘩, 疙瘩包
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	皮蛋, 十二
	Zhengzhou	十二, 圈
	Xi'an	圈子
	Xuzhou	皮蛋, 皮球, 球蛋
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	皮蛋, 圈子
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	皮蛋, 蛋, 環, 婆婆
	Guiyang	蛋, 蛋蛋
	Liuzhou	悶, 丘
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	皮蛋
	Yangzhou	皮蛋
Cantonese	Guangzhou	女
	Hong Kong	女
	Taishan	女
	Nanning	敏
	Nanning (Tanka)	文
	Wuzhou	敏
	Yulin	敏
Gan	Nanchang	皮蛋
	Pengze	箍
	Lichuan	皮蛋
	Pingxiang	蛋, 皮蛋架架
Hakka	Yudu	圈子
Huizhou	Jixi	皮蛋
Jin	Taiyuan	圈兒
Southern Min	Xiamen	Q, 卵
	Shantou	箍, 𡚸, 妹
	Puning	箍
Wu	Shanghai	皮蛋
	Shanghai (Chongming)	皮蛋
	Suzhou	蛋, 皮蛋
	Ningbo	皮蛋, 蛋

• (rubber ball): 皮球 (píqiú)

Derived terms

• 皮蛋瘦肉粥
• 皮蛋粥
• 皮蛋豆腐

Descendants

• → Japanese: 皮蛋(ピータン) (pītan)
• → Korean: 피단 (pidan)

Pronunciation 2

• Xiang (Loudi, Wiktionary): bbi^2* ddann⁵

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• Xiang
  • (Loudi)
    • Wiktionary: bbi^2* ddann⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /bi¹³⁻³³ dã̠¹¹/

Verb

皮蛋

1. (Loudi Xiang) to make century eggs

Japanese

Kanji in this term
皮	蛋
ぴー Grade: 3	たん Hyōgai
irregular

Etymology

From Mandarin 皮蛋 (pídàn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pʲiːtã̠ɴ]
• (Tokyo) ピータン [píꜜìtàǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])

Noun

皮蛋(ピータン) • (pītan) 

1. century egg (Chinese egg delicacy)

References

• “^△皮^▲蛋”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
皮	蛋

Noun

皮蛋 • (pidan) (hangeul 피단)

1. hanja form^? of 피단 (“century egg”)