鸡 (雞) jī
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jī
noun
chicken; rooster
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Concept: Bird 鸟
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '雞'; Guoyu '雞' n; Mathews 1931 '雞', p. 56; Unihan '雞') -
jī
noun
a domestic fowl
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Zoology , Concept: Bird 鸟
Notes: (Mathews 1931 '雞', p. 56; Unihan '雞')
Contained in
- 董鸡(董雞) watercock (Gallicrex cinerea)
- 鸡内金(雞內金) chicken gizzard lining
- 落汤鸡(落湯雞) a person who looks drenched and bedraggled; like a drowned rat; deep distress
- 斗酒只鸡(斗酒隻雞) a chicken and a bottle of wine; ready to make an offering to the deceased, or to entertain guests
- 鸡腿菇(雞腿菇) shaggy ink cap (edible mushroom); Coprinus comatus
- 雌鸡(雌雞) a hen
- 乌骨鸡(烏骨雞) black-boned chicken; silky fowl; silkie
- 口水鸡(口水雞) steamed chicken with chili sauce
- 斑胸田鸡(斑胸田雞) spotted crake (Porzana porzana)
- 距翅麦鸡(距翅麥雞) river lapwing (Vanellus duvaucelii)
- 杀鸡宰鹅(殺雞宰鵝) kill the chickens and butcher the geese
- 鸡叫(雞叫) cock crow
- 鸡丁(雞丁) diced chicken meat
- 偷鸡不成蚀把米(偷雞不成蝕把米) to try to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice used to lure it; to try to gain an advantage only to end up worse off
- 鸡肉(雞肉) chicken meat
- 问客杀鸡(問客殺雞) asking guests whether or not to butcher a chicken for them
- 鸡贼(雞賊) stingy; miserly; crafty; cunning
- 杀鸡警猴(殺雞警猴) killing the chicken to warn the monkey; to punish an individual as an example to others
- 鸡同鸭讲(雞同鴨講) chicken speaking with duck; talking without communicating; people not understanding each other
- 鸡飞蛋打(雞飛蛋打) the chicken has flown the coop and the eggs are broken; a dead loss
- 鸡蛋里挑骨头(雞蛋裡挑骨頭) to look for bones in an egg; to find fault; to nitpick
- 鸡蛋壳儿(雞蛋殼兒) eggshell
- 烤鸡(烤雞) roast chicken
- 鸡蛋碰石头(雞蛋碰石頭) an egg colliding with a rock; to attack sb stronger than oneself; to overrate one's abilities
- 指鸡骂狗(指雞罵狗) to point at the chicken while scolding the dog; to make indirect criticisms
- 褐马鸡(褐馬雞) brown eared pheasant (Crossoptilon mantchuricum)
- 鸡蛋清(雞蛋清) egg white
- 鹤立鸡群(鶴立雞群) a crane in a flock of chicken; way above the common; manifestly superior
- 醯鸡(醯雞) a maggot
- 鸡鹜(雞鶩) petty or mean persons
- 鸡子儿(雞子兒) hen's egg
- 雄鸡(雄雞) rooster
- 毛腿沙鸡(毛腿沙雞) Pallas's sandgrouse (Syrrhaptes paradoxus)
- 蓝胸秧鸡(藍胸秧雞) slaty-breasted rail (Gallirallus striatus)
- 红腹锦鸡(紅腹錦雞) golden pheasant (Chrysolophus pictus)
- 鶤鸡(鶤雞) a large chicken ; phoenix
- 左宗棠鸡(左宗棠雞) General Tso's chicken, a deep-fried chicken dish
- 竹鸡(竹雞) a partridge
- 白斩鸡(白斬雞) Cantonese poached chicken, known as white cut chicken
- 鸡零狗碎(雞零狗碎) in pieces
- 鸡不及凤(雞不及鳳) a chicken is not equal to a phoenix
- 棕胸竹鸡(棕胸竹雞) mountain bamboo partridge (Bambusicola fytchii)
- 鹍鸡(鵾雞) large bird, possibly related to crane or swan; mythical monstrous bird, cf Sinbad's roc
- 水鸡(水雞) a kind of water fowl ; moorhen; gallinule; frog
- 榛鸡(榛雞) hazel grouse
Also contained in
鸡西市 、 吃鸡 、 宝鸡 、 宝鸡市 、 鸡泽 、 鹍鸡曲
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- 卷三十四 志第二十四 五行一 Volume 34 Treatises 28: Five Elements 1 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 16
- 卷二十七中之上 五行志 Volume 27b: Treatise on the Five Elements 2 Book of Han 漢書 — count: 15
- 卷二十七 志第十七 五行上 Volume 27 Treatises 17: Five Elements Part One Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 14
- 第四十六回 Chapter 46 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 13
- 卷五十五 Scroll 55 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 12
- 第三回 Chapter 3 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 10
- 《內則》 The Pattern of the Family The Book of Rites 禮記 — count: 9
- 卷三十 志第二十 五行一 Volume 30 Treatises 20: Five Elements 1 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 9
- 卷四十三下 志第三十三下 地理七下 Volume 43b Treatises 38: Gepgraphy 7b New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 9
- 卷二十九 志第五 五行二 Volume 29 Treatises 5: Five Elements 2 History of Ming 明史 — count: 9
Collocations
- 鸡豚 (雞豚) 不察於雞豚 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《大學》 The Great Learning — count: 11
- 鸡石 (雞石) 項梁使別將朱雞石 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《項羽本紀》 Annals of Xiang Yu — count: 8
- 朱鸡 (朱雞) 項梁使別將朱雞石 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《項羽本紀》 Annals of Xiang Yu — count: 7
- 鸡狗 (雞狗) 牛羊豕雞狗皆三百與門材 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 閔公 Lord Min — count: 7
- 牝鸡 (牝雞) 牝雞無晨 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 牧誓 Zhou Shu - Speech at Mu — count: 7
- 鸡父 (雞父) 之師于雞父 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 7
- 鸡卜 (雞卜) 而以雞卜 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《孝武本紀》 Annals of the Xiaowu Emperor — count: 6
- 鬬鸡 (鬬雞) 世家子弟富人或鬬雞走狗馬 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《平準書》 Equalization — count: 6
- 畜鸡 (畜雞) 其畜雞 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷五 時則訓 Chapter 5: Seasonal Standards — count: 5
- 鸡祸 (雞禍) 時則有雞禍 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷二十七中之上 五行志 Volume 27b: Treatise on the Five Elements 2 — count: 4