鸡 (雞) jī
-
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
- 鸡盲(雞盲) night blind
- 杀鸡给猴看(殺雞給猴看) to kill a chicken in front of a monkey; to make an example of somebody (by punishment) to frighten others
- 白喉斑秧鸡(白喉斑秧雞) slaty-legged crake (Rallina eurizonoides)
- 鸡骨(雞骨) chicken bones ; emaciated
- 白腹锦鸡(白腹錦雞) Lady Amherst's pheasant (Chrysolophus amherstiae)
- 藏马鸡(藏馬雞) Tibetan eared pheasant (Crossoptilon harmani)
- 鸡头米(雞頭米) Gorgon fruit; Semen euryales
- 鸡鸣犬吠(雞鳴犬吠) roosters calling and dogs barking; the countryside
- 斗鸡走马(鬥雞走馬) cock-fighting and horse-racing; to gamble
- 素鸡(素雞) vegetarian chicken, a soybean product
- 鸡冠(雞冠) crest; cockscomb
- 醉鸡(醉雞) chicken in rice wine; also translated drunken chicken
- 锦鸡(錦雞) golden pheasant
- 毛腿沙鸡(毛腿沙雞) Pallas's sandgrouse (Syrrhaptes paradoxus)
- 土鸡(土雞) free-range chicken
- 鸡霍乱(雞霍亂) chicken cholera (caused by Pasteurella multocida or P. avicida); fowl cholera
- 鸡尾锯(雞尾鋸) keyhole saw; pad saw
- 参鸡汤(參雞湯) samgyetang, popular Korean chicken soup with ginseng, spices etc
- 放山鸡(放山雞) free-range chicken
- 驼鸡(駝雞) ostrich (Struthio camelus)
- 蓝马鸡(藍馬雞) blue eared pheasant (Crossoptilon auritum)
- 西藏毛腿沙鸡(西藏毛腿沙雞) Tibetan sandgrouse (Syrrhaptes tibetanus)
- 鸡叫(雞叫) cock crow
- 呆若木鸡(呆若木雞) dumb as a wooden chicken; dumbstruck
- 鸡犬相闻(雞犬相聞) the sounds of chickens and dogs
- 骨顶鸡(骨頂雞) Eurasian coot (Fulica atra)
- 鸡贼(雞賊) stingy; miserly; crafty; cunning
- 鸡块(雞塊) chicken nugget; chicken piece
- 杀鸡宰鹅(殺雞宰鵝) kill the chickens and butcher the geese
- 红腿斑秧鸡(紅腿斑秧雞) red-legged crake (Rallina fasciata)
- 红腹锦鸡(紅腹錦雞) golden pheasant (Chrysolophus pictus)
- 小鸡鸡(小雞雞) penis (child's word)
- 叫鸡(叫雞) [of a rooster] to call; to visit a prostitute
- 白切鸡(白切雞) Cantonese poached chicken, known as white cut chicken
- 鸡鸣(雞鳴) a rooster call ; a halbert-like weapon
- 鸡尸牛后(雞尸牛後) chicken body and ox buttocks; better to be the leader of a small team than an unimportant person in a large team
- 雄鸡(雄雞) rooster
- 小鸡(小雞) chick
- 鹍鸡(鵾雞) large bird, possibly related to crane or swan; mythical monstrous bird, cf Sinbad's roc
- 黑嘴松鸡(黑嘴鬆雞) black-billed capercaillie (Tetrao urogalloides)
- 鹤立鸡群(鶴立雞群) a crane in a flock of chicken; way above the common; manifestly superior
- 鸡尾酒(雞尾酒) cocktail
- 鸡笼(雞籠) chicken cage ; Jilong [Taiwan] ; Keelung
- 铁公鸡(鐵公雞) cheapskate; stingy person
- 黑琴鸡(黑琴雞) black grouse (Lyrurus tetrix)
- 鸟不拉屎,鸡不生蛋(鳥不拉屎,雞不生蛋) (a place where) birds don't defecate and hens don't lay eggs; god-forsaken; remote and desolate
- 鹤发鸡皮(鶴髮雞皮) crane hair, chicken skin
Also contained in
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 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
- 卷三十 志第二十 五行一 Volume 30 Treatises 20: Five Elements 1 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 9
- 卷二十九 志第五 五行二 Volume 29 Treatises 5: Five Elements 2 History of Ming 明史 — 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
- 《內則》 The Pattern of the Family The Book of Rites 禮記 — 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
- 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
- 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