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下蛋 (xià dàn): Lay eggs (verb-object phrase) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

下蛋 consists of 2 characters.

下 • xià • down; below • HSK 2.0 L1

HSK 1

xià下

down; below

蛋 • dàn • egg

dàn蛋

egg

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Pinyinxià dàn

Meaninglay eggs

Characters2

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Syntaxverb-object phrase

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Example Sentences with 下蛋

Mǔ母

jī鸡

zài在

wō窝

lǐ里

xià下

dàn蛋

。

The hen lays eggs in the nest.

Zhè这

zhī只

yā鸭

zi子

měi每

tiān天

dōu都

huì会

xià下

dàn

Nóng农

mín民

fā发

xiàn现

nà那

zhī只

lǎo老

mǔ母

jī鸡

bù

蛋

。

This duck lays eggs every day.

不

zài再

xià下

dàn蛋

le了

。

The farmer found that the old hen no longer lays eggs.

Words Sharing Characters

More common words that include characters from 下蛋.

Words with 下

下午xià wǔafternoon
下班xià bānto finish work
下课xià kèto finish class
下雨xià yǔrain
一下yī xià[used after a verb] give something a go
下去xià quto go down
下来xià laito come down
下面xià miànbelow

Words with 蛋

鸡蛋jī dàn(chicken) egg
蛋糕dàn gāocake
蛋白质dàn bái zhìprotein
笨蛋bèn dànidiot / fool
坏蛋

huài dàn

bad egg, villain

完蛋wán dàn(coll.) to be done for

捣蛋dǎo dànmake trouble, be naughty

浑蛋hún dànbastard; jerk