雞 jī

chickens; domestic fowl

DEFINITIONS

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

WORDS

養雞場 yǎng jī chǎng chicken farm
馬殺雞 mǎ shā jī massage (loanword)
駝雞 tuó jī ostrich (Struthio camelus); also written 鴕鳥 鸵鸟; fabulous bird like Sinbad's roc
骨頂雞 gǔ dǐng jī (bird species of China) Eurasian coot (Fulica atra)
鬥雞 dòu jī cock fighting
鬥雞眼 dòu jī yǎn cross-eye
鬥雞走馬 dòu jī zǒu mǎ cock-fighting and horse-racing (idiom); to gamble
鳥不拉屎，雞不生蛋 niǎo bù lā shǐ ， jī bù shēng dàn lit. (a place where) birds don't defecate and hens don't lay eggs (idiom); fig. god-forsaken; remote and desolate
鳳頭麥雞 fèng tóu mài jī (bird species of China) northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)
鵾雞 kūn jī large bird, possibly related to crane or swan (archaic); mythical monstrous bird, cf Sinbad's roc
鵾雞曲 kūn jī qǔ long poem by 韓信|韩信[Han2 Xin4] (-196 BC)
鶴立雞群 hè lì jī qún a crane in a flock of chicken (idiom); way above the common; manifestly superior
鹹酥雞 xián sū jī fried chicken pieces with salt and pepper; Taiwan-style fried chicken
黃頰麥雞 huáng jiá mài jī (bird species of China) sociable lapwing (Vanellus gregarius)
黃鼠狼給雞拜年 huáng shǔ láng gěi jī bài nián Beware of suspicious folk bearing gifts, they are sure to be ill-intentioned. (idiom)
黃鼠狼給雞拜年，沒安好心 huáng shǔ láng gěi jī bài nián ， méi ān hǎo xīn see 黃鼠狼給雞拜年|黄鼠狼给鸡拜年[huang2 shu3 lang2 gei3 ji1 bai4 nian2]
黑嘴鬆雞 hēi zuǐ sōng jī (bird species of China) black-billed capercaillie (Tetrao urogalloides)
黑水雞 hēi shuǐ jī (bird species of China) common moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
黑琴雞 hēi qín jī (bird species of China) black grouse (Lyrurus tetrix)
黑腹沙雞 hēi fù shā jī (bird species of China) black-bellied sandgrouse (Pterocles orientalis)
鼠肚雞腸 shǔ dù jī cháng small-minded
老雞 lǎo jī old chicken
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