chickens; domestic fowl

DEFINITIONS

  • chickens
  • domestic fowl
  • fowl
  • chicken
  • CL:隻|只[zhi1]
  • (slang) prostitute

WORDS

sōng jī grouse
chái jī a variety of free-range chicken, small with furless legs, laying smaller eggs
棕背田 zōng bèi tián jī (bird species of China) black-tailed crake (Porzana bicolor)
棕胸竹 zōng xiōng zhú jī (bird species of China) mountain bamboo partridge (Bambusicola fytchii)
zhēn jī hazel grouse
檸檬 níng méng jī lemon chicken
武山 wǔ shān jī see 烏骨雞|乌骨鸡[wu1 gu3 ji1]; black-boned chicken; silky fowl; silkie
儆猴 shā jī jǐng hóu lit. killing the chicken to warn the monkey (idiom); fig. to punish an individual as an example to others; pour encourager les autres
取卵 shā jī qǔ luǎn lit. to kill the chicken to get the eggs (idiom); fig. to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs
嚇猴 shā jī xià hóu lit. killing the chicken to scare the monkey (idiom); to punish an individual as an example to others; pour encourager les autres
宰鵝 shā jī zǎi é kill the chickens and butcher the geese (idiom)
焉用牛刀 shā jī yān yòng niú dāo don't use a sledgehammer on a nut; aquila non capit muscam
給猴看 shā jī gěi hóu kàn lit. to kill a chicken in front of a monkey; fig. to make an example of sb (by punishment) to frighten others
警猴 shā jī jǐng hóu lit. killing the chicken to warn the monkey (idiom); to punish an individual as an example to others; pour encourager les autres
mǔ jī hen
湯 dú jī tāng (coll.) profit-motivated article cynically disguised as feel-good content 雞湯|鸡汤[ji1 tang1] and designed to go viral
毛腿沙 máo tuǐ shā jī (bird species of China) Pallas's sandgrouse (Syrrhaptes paradoxus)
shuǐ jī moorhen (genus Gallinula); gallinule; frog
yóu jī a variety of chicken
huǒ jī turkey
灰胸竹 huī xiōng zhú jī (bird species of China) Chinese bamboo partridge (Bambusicola thoracicus)
灰頭麥 huī tóu mài jī (bird species of China) grey-headed lapwing (Vanellus cinereus)
蛋 chǎo jī dàn scrambled eggs
炸子 zhá zǐ jī crispy fried chicken
zhá jī fried chicken