玉子

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Chinese

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jade
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.
(玉子)

Etymology

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“Egg in Japanese cuisine”
Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 玉子(たまご) (tamago), which is an alternative spelling of (たまご) (tamago).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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玉子

  1. (literary) Synonym of 玉苗 (precious sapling)
  2. (literary) jade Go stone
  3. (in Japanese cuisine) egg
    玉子玉子  ―  yùzǐshāo  ―  tamagoyaki
    玉子豆腐  ―  yùzǐdòufǔ  ―  egg tofu
  4. (Taiwanese Hokkien) Synonym of 愛玉子爱玉子 (àiyùzǐ, the fruit of Ficus pumila var. awkeotsang)

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
たま
Grade: 1
こ > ご
Grade: 1
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 玉子 – see the following entry.
たまご6
[noun] an egg, including fish roe
[noun] the beginning or start of something (compare the uses of English terms kernel and seed)
[noun] a beginner or rookie at something
(This term, 玉子, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)