How to pronounce ji dan (鸡蛋) in Chinese

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鸡蛋

jī dàn

Characters & meanings

T1

chicken

dànT4

egg

Common mistake

High + falling (1-4): hold jī level — unaspirated palatal j — then drop dàn firmly. If jī drifts downward it starts sounding like jì (寄/记).

Example sentence

我早上吃鸡蛋。

Wǒ zǎoshang chī jīdàn.

I eat eggs in the morning.

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