鸡 jī

chicken

HSK 2 #1391

DEFINITIONS

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

STROKES

WORDS

雏鸡 chú jī chick; newly hatched chicken
雉鸡 zhì jī (bird species of China) common pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
肉鸡 ròu jī chicken raised for meat; broiler; (computing) zombie; infected computer in a botnet
金鸡纳霜 jīn jī nà shuāng quinine powder
鸡冠 jī guān Jiguan district of Jixi city 雞西|鸡西[Ji1 xi1], Heilongjiang; crest; cockscomb
鸡肋 jī lèi chicken ribs; sth of little value or interest; sth of dubious worth that one is reluctant to give up; to be physically weak
食火鸡 shí huǒ jī cassowary (genus Casuarius), large flightless bird native to northeastern Australia and New Guinea; CL:隻|只[zhi1]
乌鸡 wū jī black-boned chicken; silky fowl; silkie; Gallus gallus domesticus Brisson
白斩鸡 bái zhǎn jī Cantonese poached chicken, known as "white cut chicken"
素鸡 sù jī vegetarian chicken, a soybean product
草鸡 cǎo jī free-range chicken; (dialect) hen; cowardly
鸡犬升天 jī quǎn shēng tiān lit. poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom); fig. to ride on sb else's success; Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too; Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一人得道，鸡犬升天 yī rén dé dào ， jī quǎn shēng tiān lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom); fig. to ride on sb else's success; Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too; Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
做鸡 zuò jī (slang) (of a woman) to work as a prostitute
偷鸡不成蚀把米 tōu jī bù chéng shí bǎ mǐ lit. to try to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice used to lure it (idiom); fig. to try to gain an advantage only to end up worse off; to go for wool and come back shorn
偷鸡不着蚀把米 tōu jī bù zháo shí bǎ mǐ see 偷雞不成蝕把米|偷鸡不成蚀把米[tou1 ji1 bu4 cheng2 shi2 ba3 mi3]
偷鸡摸狗 tōu jī mō gǒu to imitate the dog and steal chicken (idiom); to pilfer; to dally with women; to have affairs
割鸡焉用牛刀 gē jī yān yòng niú dāo lit. why use a pole-ax to slaughter a chicken? (idiom); fig. to waste effort on a trifling matter; also written 殺雞焉用牛刀|杀鸡焉用牛刀[sha1 ji1 yan1 yong4 niu2 dao1]
勺鸡 sháo jī (bird species of China) koklass pheasant (Pucrasia macrolopha)
卵用鸡 luǎn yòng jī laying hen
参鸡汤 shēn jī tāng samgyetang, popular Korean chicken soup with ginseng, spices etc
口水鸡 kǒu shuǐ jī steamed chicken with chili sauce
叫鸡 jiào jī rooster; cock; (slang) (Cantonese) to visit a prostitute
吃鸡 chī jī (video games) PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG); battle royale game; last-man-standing game; to play PUBG (or similar game); to win at PUBG (or similar game)
吐绶鸡 tǔ shòu jī turkey
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