Character

鸡 jī

chicken

HSK 2 #1391

鸡蛋 jī dàn HSK 2	(chicken) egg; hen's egg; CL:個\|个[ge4],打[da2]
鸡肉 jī ròu	chicken meat
火鸡 huǒ jī	turkey
鸡尾酒 jī wěi jiǔ	cocktail (loanword)
炸鸡 zhá jī	fried chicken
鸡皮疙瘩 jī pí gē da	goose pimples; goose bumps
小鸡 xiǎo jī	chick
鸡奸 jī jiān	sodomy; anal intercourse; buggery
公鸡 gōng jī	cock; rooster
母鸡 mǔ jī	hen
鸡汤 jī tāng	chicken stock; chicken soup; (fig.) chicken soup for the soul – i.e. feel-good motivational stories (often used disparagingly because the stories don't really effect change in people's lives)
鸡毛蒜皮 jī máo suàn pí	lit. chicken feathers and garlic skins (idiom); fig. trivial (matter)
斗鸡 dòu jī	cock fighting
野鸡 yě jī	pheasant; unregistered and operating illegally (business); (slang) prostitute
鹤立鸡群 hè lì jī qún	a crane in a flock of chicken (idiom); way above the common; manifestly superior
养鸡场 yǎng jī chǎng	chicken farm
鸡毛 jī máo	chicken feather; CL:根[gen1]; trivial
落汤鸡 luò tāng jī	a person who looks drenched and bedraggled; like a drowned rat; deep distress
鸡眼 jī yǎn	corn (callus on the foot)
雄鸡 xióng jī	rooster
铁公鸡 tiě gōng jī	cheapskate; stingy person
山鸡 shān jī	Reeves's pheasant (Syrmaticus reevesii); (dialect) pheasant
松鸡 sōng jī	grouse
田鸡 tián jī	frog; the Chinese edible frog (Hoplobatrachus rugulosus)
金鸡 jīn jī	golden pheasant (Chrysolophus pictus)

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