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century egg en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. A Chinese delicacy made by preserving a duck, chicken or quail egg in a mixture of clay, ash, salt, quicklime and rice hulls for several weeks to several months.
   • In the middle of the platter were century eggs, eggs which have been left in lime for a long, long time until the yolk has become dark and the white gelatinous. 1953, Dorothy Snapp McCammon, We tried to stay, page 95:
   • More or less is heard about the Chinese "century eggs." These are duck eggs which have been preserved by a coating of mud, rice hulls, lime and wood ashes. 1922 December 20, E. C. Heinsohn, “Eggs and Poultry in China”, in The Egg Reporter, page 28:
   • Almonds, parched watermelon seeds—esteemed as a great delicacy—spareribs covered with a mixture of molasses sugar, fried fish, chicken livers and century eggs were put on the table at once. 1912 November 15, “Chop suey hoax exposed”, in The Mixer & Server, volume 21, number 11, page 35:
   • King Chef (2F Main Mall, 0932 323 1871) serves healthy food and authentic Cantonese cuisine in a fine dining setup. For Father's Day, treat the whole family to its dim sum platters! It has a roasted platter which includes soyed chicken, roast duck, barbecued pork asado, fried five-spice roll, and soyed cucumber with century egg. Another option is the steamed dim sum platter, where you can devour a spread of hakaw, pork & shrimp siomai, Japanese siomai, beancurd roll, and Taosi spareribs. 2022 June 18, “Go on a Binondo food trip this Father's Day at Lucky Chinatown”, in Manila Bulletin, Manila: Manila Bulletin Publishing Corporation, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 Jun 2022:
   • There are many varieties of congee but the most common is this salted pork with century egg. 2015, Deborah Lowe Kwok Yun, The Little Cantonese Cookbook:

Forms

Synonyms

thousand-year-old egg · hundred-year egg · millennium egg · pei daan · preserved egg · pidan · thousand-year egg · songhuadan

Translations (31)

ko 피단 (Chinese delicacy) · ru пида́нь (Chinese delicacy) · ms telur padi (Chinese delicacy) · de tausendjähriges Ei (Chinese delicacy) · cmn 松花蛋 (Chinese delicacy) · th ไข่เยี่ยวม้า (Chinese delicacy) · fr œuf de cent ans (Chinese delicacy) · cmn 變蛋 /变蛋 (Chinese delicacy) · vi trứng bách thảo (Chinese delicacy) · nl duizendjarig ei (Chinese delicacy) · ja 皮蛋 (Chinese delicacy) · cmn 皮蛋 (Chinese delicacy) · tr yüzyıl yumurtası (Chinese delicacy) · ru сунхуада́нь (Chinese delicacy) · id telur bitan (Chinese delicacy) · ru столе́тнее яйцо́ (Chinese delicacy) · fi tuhatvuotinen muna (Chinese delicacy) · de hundertjähriges Ei (Chinese delicacy) · cmn 松花 (Chinese delicacy) · mk вековно јајце (Chinese delicacy) · pt ovo centenário (Chinese delicacy) · yue 皮蛋 (Chinese delicacy) · mn зуун жилийн өндөг (Chinese delicacy) · es huevo centenario (Chinese delicacy) · fi satavuotinen muna (Chinese delicacy) · ug ئەسىرلىك تۇخۇم (Chinese delicacy) · lo ໄຂ່ຍ່ຽວມ້າ (Chinese delicacy) · my ဆေးဘဲဥ (Chinese delicacy) · ru тысячеле́тнее яйцо́ (Chinese delicacy) · ug يۈز يىللىق تۇخۇم (Chinese delicacy) · nan-hbl 皮蛋 (Chinese delicacy)