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How to Say ‘There's one salted egg yolk inside.’ in Traditional Chinese

裡面有一顆鹹蛋黃。

lǐ miàn yǒu yī kē xián dàn huáng

[lǐmiàn yoe ee kē xiándànhuáng]

💬 Usage Tip: To say something is inside something else, use place + 有 + item, with no word for "there is" needed. Another example is 裡面有香菇 "there are mushrooms inside".

Phrase Breakdown

裡面有

lǐ miàn yǒu

inside there is

裡面 (lǐmiàn) means 'inside' and 有 (yǒu) means 'there is'.

Example

裡面有很多人。

There are many people inside.

Words in this phrase

裡面

lǐ miàn

[lǐmiàn]

inside

Refers to the inside or contents of something.

Example

包子裡面有肉。

There is meat inside the bun.

有

yǒu

[yoe]

to have; there is/are

Used to show possession or that something exists or is available.

Example

我們有很多交流機會。

We have many opportunities to interact.

一顆鹹蛋黃。

yī kē xián dàn huáng

one salted egg yolk.

一顆 (yì kē) uses the measure word for round objects, and 鹹蛋黃 (xián dànhuáng) means 'salted egg yolk'. 一 is fourth tone before the first-tone 顆.

Example

我想吃一顆鹹蛋黃。

I want to eat a salted egg yolk.

Words in this phrase

一

yī

[ee]

one; a

A number word that helps form the phrase for category.

Example

你想找哪一類工作？

What kind of job do you want to look for?

顆

kē

[kē]

measure word for small round things

Classifier for eggs, balls, candies, and similar small round objects.

Example

我吃了兩顆蛋。

I ate two eggs.

鹹蛋黃

xián dàn huáng

[xiándànhuáng]

salted egg yolk

Yolk of a salted duck egg, a rich filling in zongzi and mooncakes.

Example

月餅裡有鹹蛋黃。

There's salted egg yolk in the mooncake.

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