salted egg
/ˈsɒltɪd ɛɡ/
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Singapore/ˈsɔltəd ˈeɡ/
salted egg noun: a Chinese preserved food consisting of a duck egg that has been soaked in brine or packed in damp, salted charcoal.
Noun
salted egg (plural salted eggs)
- A Chinese preserved food consisting of a duck egg that has been soaked in brine or packed in damp, salted charcoal.
- Father Semedo and Brother Sebastian, on account of their illness, and by extraordinary favour, were allowed half a hard salted egg each, instead of the herbs.1857, Evariste Régis Huc, Christianity in China, Tartary and Thibet: From the discovery of the Cape of Good Hope to the establishment of the Mantchoo-Tartar dynasty in China, page 243
- Bring to boil and add marinated pork and salted egg.2009, Teresa M., A Tradition of Soup: Flavors from China's Pearl River Delta, page 136
- Synonyms:
- salted duck egg
salted egg meaning in Tagalog, Malay, Indonesian and Thai
salted egg in Tagalog
- Chinese preserved food
- itlog-na-maalat, itlog na pula
salted egg in Malay
- Chinese preserved food
- telur masin
salted egg in Indonesian
- Chinese preserved food
- telur asin
salted egg in Thai
- Chinese preserved food
- ไข่เค็ม
More languagesFewer languages
- salted egg in Vietnamese
- trứng vịt muối, hột vịt muối
- salted egg in Myanmar
- ဆားဘဲဥ hca:bhai:u., ဆားကြက်ဥ hca:krak-u.
Examples of salted egg in a sentence
- The Chinese first developed this way of treating the egg as a preservation measure, but you’ll find salted eggs all over Southeast Asia – in the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, and elsewhere.2011, Anita Lo, Charlotte Druckman, Cooking without Borders [unpaginated]:
- Using your hands, mix the pork, salted egg white, raw egg, tamari or soy, honey, salt, pepper and cream.2015, Jennifer Megyesi, The Joy of Keeping Chickens: The Ultimate Guide to Raising Poultry for Fun or Profit, page 170:
Synonyms of salted egg
- salted duck egg
Forms of salted egg
| plural | salted eggs |
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Origin of salted egg
Calque from Chinese 鹹蛋／咸蛋 (xiándàn), from salted + egg.
Questions about salted egg
- What does salted egg mean?
- Salted egg means a Chinese preserved food consisting of a duck egg that has been soaked in brine or packed in damp, salted charcoal.
- What is salted egg in Tagalog?
- Salted egg in Tagalog is itlog-na-maalat, itlog na pula. See Salted egg meaning in Tagalog.
- How do you use salted egg in a sentence?
- The Chinese first developed this way of treating the egg as a preservation measure, but you’ll find salted eggs all over Southeast Asia – in the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, and elsewhere.
- What part of speech is salted egg?
- Salted egg is a noun.
- How do you pronounce salted egg?
- Salted egg is pronounced /ˈsɒltɪd ɛɡ/.
- What is the plural of salted egg?
- The plural of salted egg is salted eggs.
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