Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

thousand-year-old egg

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.22 in modern English

Syllables
thou-sand-year-old egg
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
4
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A century egg (a Chinese egg dish).

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What does thousand-year-old egg mean?
A century egg (a Chinese egg dish).

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