# 彩蛋
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): cǎidàn
    (Zhuyin): ㄘㄞˇ ㄉㄢˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): coi$^2$ daan$^{6-2}$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhái-tàn
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: cǎidàn
*** Zhuyin: ㄘㄞˇ ㄉㄢˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cǎidàn
*** Wade–Giles: tsʻai$^3$-tan$^4$
*** Yale: tsǎi-dàn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaedann
*** Palladius: цайдань (cajdanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tän⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: coi$^2$ daan$^{6-2}$
*** Yale: chói dáan
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsoi$^2$ daan$^{6-2}$
*** Guangdong Romanization: coi$^2$ dan$^{6-2}$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɔːi̯³⁵ taːn²²⁻³⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhái-tàn
*** Tâi-lô: tshái-tàn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zhay'daxn
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tan²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tan⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tan²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tan¹¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tan²¹/

### Noun

彩蛋
* painted eggshell (or similar-looking objects)
* decorated egg; Fabergé egg
* Short for 復活節彩蛋／复活节彩蛋 (fùhuójié cǎidàn).
* (Zhejiang Wu) century egg

#### Synonyms

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

#### Derived terms

* 復活節彩蛋／复活节彩蛋 (fùhuójié cǎidàn)