chicken; fowl; (slang) prostitute

HSK 2 #1391

Character data

HSK 2
Frequency 1391st character
Radical ⿃ (196.2)
Strokes 7
Index # 928
TRADITIONAL

Definitions

鸡 jī
  1. 1. chicken
  2. 2. fowl
  3. 3. (slang) prostitute
  4. 4. CL zhī

Stroke order

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鸡 stroke order animation

Words containing 鸡

Word Meaning
scrambled eggs
free-range chicken
(bird species of China) Chinese grouse (Tetrastes sewerzowi)
(bird species of China) spotted crake (Porzana porzana)
band-bellied crake water bird
lit. a chicken and a bottle of wine (idiom); fig. ready to make an offering to the deceased, or to entertain guests
Xinjiang style spicy small-plate chicken dish
(bird species of China) brown-cheeked rail (Rallus indicus)
Himalayan snowcock, a mountain bird
free-range hen; its eggs
(bird species of China) black-tailed crake (Porzana bicolor)
mountain bamboo partridge
hazel grouse
lemon chicken
black-boned chicken; see wū gǔ jī; silkie
fig. to punish an individual as an example to others
fig. to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs
punish one to warn others
kill the chickens and butcher the geese (idiom)
don't use a sledgehammer on a nut; aquila non capit muscam
punish one to warn others
punish one to warn others
toxic inspirational saying online
Pallas’s sandgrouse, a desert bird
moorhen (genus Gallinula); gallinule; frog