🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

蛋黄

Pronunciation / Transliteration: dànhuáng

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Yolk/joʊk/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #8500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"这个鸡蛋的蛋黄很大。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The yellow, spherical internal part of a bird's or reptile's egg that serves as food for the developing embryo.

    "She carefully separated the egg white from the rich, golden yolk."
  2. 2

    The central or most valuable part of something.

    "The project cut straight to the yolk of the problem."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Old English word 'ġeolca' or 'ġeolce', meaning 'the yellow part', which stems from 'ġeolu' (yellow). It shares a common Germanic root with other words related to the color yellow, evolving phonetically into the modern English 'yolk' by dropping the initial 'g' sound.

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