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')
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- 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
- 鸡血石(雞血石) bloodstone; red-fleck chalcedony; heliotrope (mineralogy)
- 范张鸡黍(范張雞黍) Fan Zhang's arrangement for chicken and millet
- 金鸡纳(金雞納) quinine (Cinchona ledgeriana)
- 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
- 斗鸡走马(鬥雞走馬) cock-fighting and horse-racing; to gamble
- 棕胸竹鸡(棕胸竹雞) mountain bamboo partridge (Bambusicola fytchii)
- 割鸡焉用牛刀(割雞焉用牛刀) why use a pole-ax to slaughter a chicken?; to waste effort on a trifling matter
- 鸡精(雞精) chicken bouillon powder (PRC); essence of chicken, concentrated chicken stock sold as a tonic
- 鸡鸣狗吠(雞鳴狗吠) roosters calling and dogs barking; a busy village
- 鸡巴(雞巴) dick; penis (vulgar)
- 烤鸡(烤雞) roast chicken
- 斑尾榛鸡(斑尾榛雞) Chinese grouse (Tetrastes sewerzowi)
- 鸡头(雞頭) a chicken head
- 鸡犬升天(雞犬升天) poultry and dogs rise to Heaven; to ride on sb else's success; Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
- 褐马鸡(褐馬雞) brown eared pheasant (Crossoptilon mantchuricum)
- 辣鸡(辣雞) spicy chicken; garbage (pun on 垃圾)
- 鸡冠花(雞冠花) cockscomb flower; Celosia cristata
- 鸡皮疙瘩(雞皮疙瘩) goose pimples; goose bumps
- 秧鸡科(秧雞科) rail
- 斗鸡眼(鬥雞眼) cross-eye
- 柴鸡(柴雞) a variety of free-range chicken, small with furless legs, laying smaller eggs
- 油鸡(油雞) a variety of chicken
- 蓝马鸡(藍馬雞) blue eared pheasant (Crossoptilon auritum)
- 炸鸡(炸雞) fried chicken
- 鸡飞蛋打(雞飛蛋打) the chicken has flown the coop and the eggs are broken; a dead loss
- 鸡掰(雞掰) vulgar expression
- 红原鸡(紅原雞) red junglefowl (Gallus gallus)
- 鸡脚(雞腳) chicken feet
- 肉垂麦鸡(肉垂麥雞) red-wattled lapwing (Vanellus indicus)
- 鼠肚鸡肠(鼠肚雞腸) small-minded
- 酉鸡(酉雞) Year 10
- 鸡尾锯(雞尾鋸) keyhole saw; pad saw
- 锦鸡(錦雞) golden pheasant
- 指鸡骂狗(指雞罵狗) to point at the chicken while scolding the dog; to make indirect criticisms
- 鸡啼(雞啼) cocks crowing
- 白眉秧鸡(白眉秧雞) white-browed crake (Porzana cinerea)
- 火鸡(火雞) turkey
- 鸡鹜(雞鶩) petty or mean persons
- 草鸡(草雞) free-range chicken; (dialect) hen; cowardly
- 奶油鸡蛋(奶油雞蛋) cream sponge
- 红腿斑秧鸡(紅腿斑秧雞) red-legged crake (Rallina fasciata)
- 鸡蛋炒饭(雞蛋炒飯) egg fried rice
- 冻鸡(凍雞) dong ji; dong chicken
- 鸡毛蒜皮(雞毛蒜皮) chicken feather, garlic skin; trivial matter; kitchen trash
- 炒鸡蛋(炒雞蛋) scrambled eggs
- 杀鸡焉用牛刀(殺雞焉用牛刀) don't use a sledgehammer on a nut; aquila non capit muscam
- 小肚鸡肠(小肚雞腸) small belly, chicken's gut; narrow-minded; petty
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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
- 卷五 Scroll 5 Wenxuan 文選 — 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
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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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