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Chinese
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jade
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child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; ( noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight |
simp. and trad.
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玉
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子
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Etymology
- “Egg in Japanese cuisine”
- Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 玉子 (tamago), which is an alternative spelling of 卵 (tamago).
Pronunciation
Noun
玉子
- (literary) Synonym of 玉苗 (“precious sapling”)
- (literary) jade Go stone
- (in Japanese cuisine) egg
- 玉子燒／玉子烧 ― yùzǐshāo ― tamagoyaki
- 玉子豆腐 ― yùzǐdòufǔ ― egg tofu
- (Taiwanese Hokkien) Synonym of 愛玉子／爱玉子 (àiyùzǐ, “the fruit of Ficus pumila var. awkeotsang”)
Japanese
| For pronunciation and definitions of 玉子 – see the following entry.
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| (This term, 玉子, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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