雞 Kangxi radical 172,隹 +10, 18 strokes,cangjie input 月大人土 (BKOG ),four-corner 20414 ,composition ⿰奚 隹 )
Kangxi Dictionary:page 1369 , character 2 Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42124 Dae Jaweon: page 1875, character 2 Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4105, character 2 Unihan data for U+96DE Old Chinese 謑 *qʰraːs, *qʰreːs, *ɡeːʔ 膎 *ɡreː 鞵 *ɡreː 榽 *ɡreː, *ɡeː 鷄 *keː 雞 *keː 谿 *kʰeː 嵠 *kʰeː 溪 *kʰeː 磎 *kʰeː 螇 *kʰeː, *ɡeː 鸂 *kʰeː 奚 *ɡeː 豯 *ɡeː 徯 *ɡeː, *ɡeːʔ 蹊 *ɡeː 騱 *ɡeː 傒 *ɡeː 鼷 *ɡeː 蒵 *ɡeː, *ɡeːs 貕 *ɡeː 慀 *ɡeːs
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声 OC *keː ): phonetic 奚 ( OC *ɡeː ) + semantic 隹 ( “ short-tailed bird ” ) .
Onomatopoeic (Schuessler, 2007 ). CompareProto-Vietic *r-kaa Vietnamese gà Proto-Tai *kajᴮ ( “ chicken ” ) ,Proto-Hmong-Mien *Kəi
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Mandarin (Standard (Pinyin :jī (ji1 )(Zhuyin :ㄐㄧ (Chengdu ,Sichuanese Pinyin :ji1 (Xi'an ,Guanzhong Pinyin :jǐ (Nanjing ,Nanjing Pinyin :jì (Dungan ,Cyrillic andWiktionary :җи (ži, I)Cantonese (Guangzhou –Hong Kong ,Jyutping :gai1 (Dongguan ,Jyutping++ :goi1 (Taishan ,Wiktionary :gai1 Gan (Wiktionary :ji1 Hakka (Sixian ,PFS :kiê (Hailu ,HRS :gaiˋ (Meixian ,Guangdong :gê1 Jin (Wiktionary :ji1 Northern Min (KCR :gái Eastern Min (BUC :giĕ Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing ge1 Southern Min (Hokkien ,POJ :koe /ke /kere (Teochew ,Peng'im :goi1 (Leizhou , Leizhou Pinyin :goi1 / gi1 Southern Pinghua (Nanning ,Jyutping++ :gai1 Wu (Wugniu Xiang (Changsha ,Wiktionary :ji1 (Loudi ,Wiktionary :ji1 (Hengyang ,Wiktionary :ji1 Mandarin Cantonese Gan Hakka Jin Northern Min Eastern Min Puxian Min Southern Min (Hokkien Xiamen Quanzhou Jinjiang Nan'an Hui'an Yongchun Taipei Lukang Kinmen Magong Hsinchu Singapore Philippines (Hokkien Xiamen Quanzhou Zhangzhou Jinjiang Nan'an Hui'an Zhangpu Yilan Tainan Kaohsiung Taichung Penang (Hokkien Sanxia Note :
Xiamen, Quanzhou:koe - vernacular; ke - literary. Note :
goi1 - vernacular; gi1 - literary. Southern Pinghua Wu (Northern Shanghai Jiading Songjiang Chongming Suzhou Kunshan Changzhou Jiaxing Hangzhou Shaoxing Zhoushan (Northern Ningbo (Northern Zhoushan (Jinhua Xiang Baxter –Sagart system 1.1 (2014 )Character 雞 Reading # 1/1 Modern jī Middle ‹ kej › Old /*kˁe/ English fowl, chicken Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)Character 雞 Reading # 1/1 No. 13357 Phonetic 奚 Rime 支 Rime 0 Corresponding 雞 Old /*keː/
雞
chicken ;fowl ;pheasant (Classifier :隻 ／ 只 m c 雞 肉／ 鸡 肉jī ròuchicken meat雞 蛋／ 鸡 蛋jī dànchicken egg山雞 ／ 山鸡 shānjī 雞 棲 于 塒 、日 之 夕 矣 、羊 牛 下來 。……雞 棲 于 桀 、日 之 夕 矣 、羊 牛 下 括 。[Pre-Classical Chinese ,trad. 鸡 栖 于 埘 、日 之 夕 矣 、羊 牛 下来 。……鸡 栖 于 桀 、日 之 夕 矣 、羊 牛 下 括 。[Pre-Classical Chinese ,simp. From: TheClassic of Poetry c. th – 7th centuriesBCE James Legge 's versionJī qī yú shí, rì zhī xī yǐ, yángniú xiàlái.......Jī qī yú jié, rì zhī xī yǐ, yángniú xiàguā.[Pinyin] Thefowls roost in their holes in the walls; and in the evening of the day, the goats and cows come down [from the hill]. [...]fowls roost on their perches; and in the evening of the day, the goats and cows come down and home. 10th of theChinese zodiac animals (rooster )我 哥哥 和 我 爸爸 都 是 屬 雞 的 。[MSC ,trad. 我 哥哥 和 我 爸爸 都 是 属 鸡 的 。[MSC ,simp. Wǒ gēgē hé wǒ bàbà dōu shì shǔjī de. [Pinyin] My elder brother and my father are both born in theYear of the Rooster . ( slang ) female prostitute Coordinate term: 鴨 / 鸭 ( yā ) 做 雞 ／ 做 鸡 [Cantonese ] ― zou6 gai1 [Jyutping] ― to be aprostitute ( slang ) penis ,cock 雞 雞 ／ 鸡 鸡 jī jī ( Cantonese , Huicheng dialect) whistle 吹雞 ／ 吹鸡 [Cantonese ] ― ceoi1 gai1 [Jyutping] ― to blow awhistle 銀雞 ／ 银鸡 [Cantonese ] ― ngan4 gai1 [Jyutping] ― silverwhistle ( Cantonese , Huicheng dialect, Hokkien ) trigger ( of a gun ) 摱雞 ／ 摱鸡 [Cantonese ] ― maan1 gai1 [Jyutping] ― to pull thetrigger ( Cantonese ) weak ;useless ( Cantonese , no longerproductive ) Suffix for adjectives describing a weak or useless person. 弱雞 ／ 弱鸡 [Cantonese ] ― joek6 gai1 [Jyutping] ― weak; wimpy揗雞 ／ 揗鸡 [Cantonese ] ― tan4 gai1 [Jyutping] ― (please add an English translation of this usage example) ( Cantonese ) fire ; tosack ( Cantonese ) Classifier for money: yuan ;dollar ;buck ( Cantonese ) Classifier forten thousand dollars . 2015 梁心欣 , quotee, “恒指3萬點 四叔捐佢份身家 0.43% 靚女捐得多過佢！ ”, in港股策略王 23 ,page18 :不過 Hazel都 捐 一 雞 嘢 （即 1萬 元 ），我 冇理由 咁 失威 ，我 捐 多 佢 一 倍 ，我 捐 夠 兩 雞 ！[Cantonese ,trad. 不过 Hazel都 捐 一 鸡 嘢 （即 1万 元 ），我 冇理由 咁 失威 ，我 捐 多 佢 一 倍 ，我 捐 够 两 鸡 ！[Cantonese ,simp. bat1 gwo3 Hazel dou1 gyun1 jat1 gai1 je5 (zik1 jat1 maan6 jyun4 ), ngo5 mou5 lei5 jau4 gam3 sat1 wai1 , ngo5 gyun1 do1 keoi5 jat1 pui5 , ngo5 gyun1 gau3 loeng5 gai1 ! [Jyutping] (please add an English translation of this quotation) ( Cantonese ) alternative form of笄 Dialectal synonyms of
雞 (“chicken (animal)”)
[map] Variety Location Words Classical Chinese 雞 Formal(Written Standard Chinese ) 雞 Taxonomic name 雞 Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 雞 雞子 Taiwan 雞 Harbin 雞 Malaysia 雞 Singapore 雞 Olginsky(Mikhaylovka) 雞 Jilu Mandarin Jinan 雞 Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai(Muping) 雞 Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 雞兒 Wanrong 雞 Xi'an 雞 Dingbian 雞 Xining 雞兒 雞 Xuzhou 雞 Sokuluk(Gansu Dungan) 雞 Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 雞 Lanzhou 雞兒 Ürümqi 雞 Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 雞 雞咯咯 childish Wuhan 雞子 Guiyang 雞 Guilin 雞 Liuzhou 雞 Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 雞 Yangzhou 雞子 Cantonese Guangzhou 雞 Hong Kong 雞 Hong Kong(Kam Tin; Weitou) 雞 Macau 雞 Guangzhou(Panyu) 雞 Guangzhou(Huashan, Huadu) 雞 Guangzhou(Conghua) 雞 Guangzhou(Zengcheng) 雞 Foshan 雞 Foshan(Shatou, Nanhai) 雞 Foshan(Shunde) 雞 Foshan(Sanshui) 雞 Foshan(Mingcheng, Gaoming) 雞 Zhongshan(Shiqi) 雞 Zhuhai(Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 雞 Zhuhai(Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 雞 Zhuhai(Doumen) 雞 Jiangmen(Baisha) 雞 Jiangmen(Xinhui) 雞 Taishan 雞 Kaiping(Chikan) 雞 Enping(Niujiang) 雞 Heshan(Yayao) 雞 Dongguan 雞 Shenzhen(Shajing, Bao'an) 雞 Qingyuan 雞 Fogang 雞 Yingde(Hanguang) 雞 Yangshan 雞 Lianshan(Butian) 雞 Lianzhou(Qingshui; Sihui) 雞 Shaoguan 雞 Shaoguan(Qujiang) 雞 Renhua 雞 Lechang 雞 Zhaoqing(Gaoyao) 雞 Sihui 雞 Guangning 雞 Deqing 雞 Huaiji 雞 Fengkai(Nanfeng) 雞 Yunfu 雞 Xinxing 雞 Luoding 雞 Yunan(Pingtai) 雞 Xinyi 雞 Lianjiang 雞 Nanning 雞 Wuzhou 雞 Yulin 雞 Hepu(Lianzhou) 雞 Dongxing 雞 Kuala Lumpur(Guangfu) 雞 Penang(Guangfu) 雞 Singapore(Guangfu) 雞 Gan Nanchang 雞 Lichuan 雞 Pingxiang 雞 Hakka Meixian 雞 Xingning 雞哩 Huizhou(Huicheng; Bendihua) 雞 Dongguan(Qingxi) 雞 Shenzhen(Shatoujiao) 雞 Zhongshan(Nanlang Heshui) 雞 Guangzhou(Lütian, Conghua) 雞 Yudu 雞 Miaoli(N. Sixian) 雞仔 Pingtung(Neipu; S. Sixian) 雞仔 Hsinchu County(Zhudong; Hailu) 雞仔 Taichung(Dongshi; Dabu) 雞 Hsinchu County(Qionglin; Raoping) 雞仔 Yunlin(Lunbei; Zhao'an) 雞 Luchuan(Daqiao) 雞 Kuching(Hepo) 雞 Huizhou Jixi 雞 Jin Taiyuan 雞兒 雞 Pingyao 雞 Xinzhou 雞兒 Hohhot 雞子 Eastern Min Fuzhou 雞 雞囝 Fuqing 雞 Matsu 雞 Southern Min Xiamen 雞 雞仔 雞喌 Quanzhou 雞 雞仔 Yongchun 雞 Zhangzhou 雞 雞仔 雞喌 childish Taipei 雞 New Taipei(Sanxia) 雞 Kaohsiung 雞 Tainan 雞仔 Kinmen 雞 Penghu(Magong) 雞 Penang(Hokkien) 雞 Singapore(Hokkien) 雞 Manila(Hokkien) 雞 Pingnan(Shangdu) 雞 Chaozhou 雞 Shantou 雞 Jieyang 雞 Haifeng 雞 雞喌 childish Singapore(Teochew) 雞 Wenchang 雞 Haikou 雞 Singapore(Hainanese) 雞 Puxian Min Putian 雞 Putian(Jiangkou, Hanjiang) 雞 Putian(Nanri, Xiuyu) 雞 Xianyou 雞 Xianyou(Fengting) 雞 Xianyou(Youyang) 雞 Central Min Nanping(Wangtai, Yanping) 雞 Zhongshan Min Zhongshan(Longdu, Shaxi) 雞 Southern Pinghua Nanning(Tingzi) 雞 Northern Pinghua Guilin(Dahe) 雞 Waxiang Guzhang(Gaofeng) 雞 Wu Shanghai 雞 喔喔雞 childish 咯咯雞 childish Shanghai(Chongming) 雞 Suzhou 雞 Danyang 雞 Hangzhou 雞 Ningbo 雞 咯咯雞 childish Wenzhou 雞 Jinhua 雞 Xiang Changsha 雞 雞咯咯 childish 雞喌喌 childish Loudi 雞 Hengyang 雞 Quanzhou 雞
Dialectal synonyms of
妓女 (“female prostitute”)
[map] Variety Location Words Formal(Written Standard Chinese ) 娼妓 妓女 娼婦 Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 妓女 婊子 姑娘兒 窯姐兒 野花兒 Taiwan 妓女 婊子 Harbin 婊子 窯子娘們兒 窯姐兒 兔兒 兔子 Malaysia 雞 Singapore 妓女 雞 Jilu Mandarin Jinan 窯姐 Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai(Muping) 婊子 賣窯子的 Central Plains Mandarin Xi'an 窯子 Xining 馬班子 Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 婊子 娼婦 Lanzhou 婊子 窯子 Ürümqi 婊子 Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 梭爺子 婊子婆娘 婊子 梭梭 雞 貓兒 野雞 捨物 粉臉子 dated Wuhan 婊子 妖姑 賣貨 片 Guiyang 婊子 娼妓 Kunming 爛使 皮旦 Liuzhou 老舉婆 老舉 婊子婆 Dagudi(Maliba) 賣屄人 Reshuitang(Longling) 賣屄人 Mae Salong(Lancang) 妓女 賣屄婆 Mae Sai(Tengchong) 賣屄人 Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 婊子 Yangzhou 婊子 姑娘 dated Cantonese Guangzhou 老舉 野雞 雞 Hong Kong 妓女 雞 老舉 啄地 鳳 鳳姐 女女 G neologism Hong Kong(San Tin; Weitou) 老舉 Hong Kong(Kam Tin; Weitou) 老舉 Hong Kong(Ting Kok) 老舉 Hong Kong(Tung Ping Chau) 老舉 Macau 老舉 雞 Guangzhou(Panyu) 老舉 Guangzhou(Huashan, Huadu) 老舉 Guangzhou(Conghua) 老舉 Guangzhou(Zengcheng) 老舉 Foshan 老舉 Foshan(Shatou, Nanhai) 老舉 Foshan(Shunde) 老舉 Foshan(Sanshui) 老舉 Foshan(Mingcheng, Gaoming) 老舉 Zhongshan(Shiqi) 老舉 Zhuhai(Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 老舉 Zhuhai(Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 老舉 Zhuhai(Doumen) 老舉 雞 Jiangmen(Baisha) 老舉 雞 Jiangmen(Xinhui) 老舉 雞 Taishan 老舉 妓女 雞 Kaiping(Chikan) 老舉 雞 Enping(Niujiang) 老舉 雞 Heshan(Yayao) 老舉 Dongguan 老舉 妓女 雞 Shenzhen(Shajing, Bao'an) 老舉 Xinyi 老舉 Nanning 老妓 Rongxian 雞 Hepu(Lianzhou) 老舉婆 Hepu(Shatian) 老契 Guiping 老舉 Guiping(Mule) 雞 Pingnan 雞 Guigang(Gangcheng) 老舉 雞 Guigang(Pingdong) 老舉 Beihai 老舉 Beihai(Nankang) 老舉 Beihai(Yingpan) 老舉婆 Beihai(Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 老舉 雞婆 Beihai(Qiaogang - Cát Bà) 老舉 Fangchenggang(Fangcheng) 雞婆 Kuala Lumpur(Guangfu) 妓女 老舉 雞 Singapore(Guangfu) 雞 Ho Chi Minh City(Guangfu) 老舉 Móng Cái 老舉 Yangon(Taishan) 妓女 老舉 雞 Mandalay(Taishan) 女妓 Bangkok(Guangfu) 老舉 雞 Betong(Rongxian) 雞 Gan Nanchang 姑娘 婊子 雀子 Lichuan 婊子 Pingxiang 婊子 Hakka Meixian 婊仔 火屎 當賺個 老舉嫲 老舉 Xingning 婊哩 老舉 老舉嫲 貨屎 貨哩 Huizhou(Huicheng; Bendihua) 老舉 老舉婆 雞 Huiyang 老舉 Dongguan(Qingxi) 老舉嫲 Shenzhen(Shatoujiao) 老舉嫲 Zhongshan(Nanlang Heshui) 老舉 Wuhua(Shuizhai) 老舉嫲 Wuhua(Huacheng) 雞婆 老舉嫲 老舉 Wuhua(Changbu) 老舉嫲 Wuhua(Mianyang) 雞婆 老舉嫲 Nanxiong(Zhuji) 老舉 Guangzhou(Lütian, Conghua) 老舉 Changting 鴨子 Yudu 婊姊 姑娘 婊子 Miaoli(N. Sixian) 賺食嫲 Pingtung(Neipu; S. Sixian) 菜店嫲 Pingtung(Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) 菜店嫲 Hsinchu County(Zhudong; Hailu) 賺食嫲 Taichung(Dongshi; Dabu) 賺食嫲 Hsinchu County(Qionglin; Raoping) 賺食嫲 Yunlin(Lunbei; Zhao'an) 趁食夫娘人 趁食妹子 Hong Kong 老舉嫲 Senai(Huiyang) 老舉 雞 Huizhou Jixi 婊子 賣屄貨 Jin Taiyuan 婊子 窯子裡的 Xinzhou 婊子 Northern Min Jian'ou 妓嫲 Jianyang 妓嫲 Wuyishan 婊子 Eastern Min Fuzhou 白面 白面哥 Fuzhou(Changle) 白面哥 Fuqing 婊 Yongtai 白面 Gutian 做婊子 Fu'an 白面 Ningde 白面 Shouning 婊囝 Zhouning 婊囝 Fuding 花娘 Matsu 白面 Southern Min Xiamen 婊仔 娼婊 水貨 雞 趁食查某 土婊 間仔查某 Quanzhou 婊仔 片仔 水貨 雞 土婊 Yongchun 婊囝 Zhangzhou 婊仔 查某孫 雞 雞仔 土婊 土婊仔 間仔查某 間底查某 Taipei 趁食查某 菜店查某 Taipei(Wanhua) 趁食查某 New Taipei(Tamsui) 趁食查某 菜店查某 豆菜底的 New Taipei(Sanxia) 趁食查某 豆菜底 New Taipei(Pingxi) 趁食查某 Kaohsiung 菜店查某 趁食查某 Kaohsiung(Cijin) 趁食查某 菜店查某 Kaohsiung(Hongmaogang, Siaogang) 趁食查某 菜店查某 Kaohsiung(Dalinpu, Siaogang) 趁食查某 咧趁的 菜店查某 Kaohsiung(Tianliao) 趁食查某 菜店查某 咧趁的 Yilan 菜店查某 趁食查某 Yilan(Toucheng) 趁食查某 Changhua(Lukang) 趁食查某 Taichung 趁食查某 Taichung(Wuqi) 趁食查某 Tainan 豆菜底的 菜店查某 趁食查某 貓仔 咧趁的 媌仔 妓女 路邊花 Tainan(Anping) 趁食查某 菜店查某 歹查某 咧趁的 Taitung 趁食查某 Hsinchu 趁食查某 Kinmen 趁食查某 相楗的 Penghu(Magong) 趁食查某 菜店查某 菜店彪 妓女 Penghu(Xiyu) 趁食查某 菜店查某 婊囝 Penang(Hokkien) 歹查某 雞 Singapore(Hokkien) 婊仔 樂洞 雞 Manila(Hokkien) 摃婆 漚摃 婊 婊仔 歹查某 姣查某 漚查某 姣婊 Pingnan(Shangdu) 老妓 Chaozhou 娼 雞 Shantou 花娘 騷婆 妓女 Jieyang 雞 騷 騷婆 查某 娼囝 Haifeng 雞 查某娼 Bangkok(Teochew) 妓女 雞 Chiang Mai(Teochew) 老衍 Hat Yai(Teochew) 妓女 Johor Bahru(Teochew) 妓女 Leizhou 娘 Haikou 娘囝 娘 Puxian Min Putian 貨𨈘 Xianyou 貨𨈘 Zhongshan Min Zhongshan(Sanxiang) 老舉 Southern Pinghua Nanning(Tingzi) 老妓婆 婊子婆 Wu Shanghai 婊子 妓女 煤餅 Shanghai(Chongming) 婊子 野雞 Suzhou 婊子 妓女 Danyang 婊子 Hangzhou 婊子 妓女 Ningbo 花佬 婊子 Wenzhou 大毛 嬉老 花兒 Jinhua 賣胖貨 賣胖個 婊子 婊子貨 Xiang Changsha 妓女 婊子 婊子婆 Loudi 婊子 娼婦 Quanzhou 妓女
Dialectal synonyms of
哨子 (“whistle”)
[map] Variety Location Words Formal(Written Standard Chinese ) 哨子 Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 哨兒 叫雞子 Taiwan 哨子 Singapore 哨子 Jilu Mandarin Jinan 哨子 Central Plains Mandarin Xi'an 哨子 Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 哨子 吹吹兒 哨哨兒 叫叫兒 Wuhan 叫珠 Jianghuai Mandarin Yangzhou 叫子 Hefei 哨子 Cantonese Guangzhou 雞 Hong Kong 雞 BB 哨子 Yangjiang 雞 Gan Nanchang 叫骨子 Hakka Meixian 簫仔 Huizhou(Huicheng; Bendihua) 雞 Miaoli(N. Sixian) 嗶嗶仔 Pingtung(Neipu; S. Sixian) 嗶嗶仔 Hsinchu County(Zhudong; Hailu) 嗶嗶仔 Taichung(Dongshi; Dabu) 嗶嗶 Hsinchu County(Qionglin; Raoping) 嗶嗶仔 吧嗶仔 Yunlin(Lunbei; Zhao'an) 嗶仔 Jin Taiyuan 哨兒 哨子 Northern Min Jian'ou 哨仔 觱觱仔 Eastern Min Fuzhou 觱觱響 哨子 Southern Min Xiamen 觱仔 委瑣 Quanzhou 觱仔 觱觱仔 委瑣 Zhangzhou 觱仔 委瑣 Taipei 觱觱仔 New Taipei(Sanxia) 咑觱仔 Kaohsiung 觱仔 Yilan 觱觱仔 Changhua(Lukang) 觱觱仔 Taichung 觱仔 Tainan 觱仔 Hsinchu 觱觱仔 Kinmen 觱仔 Penghu(Magong) 觱仔 Singapore(Hokkien) 觱仔 Chaozhou 觱 Shantou 技糾 Jieyang 觱 觱囝 Wu Shanghai 叫扁 叫子 Suzhou 叫叫 叫鞭 Wenzhou 吹兒 哨子 叫子 Xiang Changsha 叫珠子 叫子 Shuangfeng 叫子
Dialectal synonyms of
解僱 (“to terminate someone's employment; to fire; to sack”)
[map] Variety Location Words Formal(Written Standard Chinese ) 解僱 辭退 解聘 開除 革除 解職 Northeastern Mandarin Taiwan 解僱 炒魷魚 Singapore 開除 炒魷魚 Central Plains Mandarin Wanrong 開銷 Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 開銷 開除 Liuzhou 炒魷魚 Cantonese Guangzhou 炒魷魚 炒魷 Hong Kong 炒魷魚 炒魷 炒 豉椒炒魷 開除 辭 食無情雞 雞 Hong Kong(Kam Tin; Weitou) 除職 Macau 炒魷魚 Guangzhou(Panyu) 炒魷魚 Guangzhou(Huashan, Huadu) 炒魷魚 Guangzhou(Conghua) 炒魷魚 Guangzhou(Zengcheng) 辭退 Foshan 炒魷魚 Foshan(Shatou, Nanhai) 炒魷魚 Foshan(Shunde) 炒魷魚 Foshan(Sanshui) 炒魷魚 Foshan(Mingcheng, Gaoming) 唔使 Zhongshan(Shiqi) 炒魷魚 Zhuhai(Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 炒魷魚 Zhuhai(Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 唔請 Zhuhai(Doumen) 唔請 Jiangmen(Baisha) 炒魷魚 唔請 Jiangmen(Xinhui) 唔請 Taishan 唔請 炒魷魚 炒 Kaiping(Chikan) 唔請 炒魷魚 Enping(Niujiang) 唔請 Heshan(Yayao) 辭工 Dongguan 炒魷魚 Shenzhen(Shajing, Bao'an) 炒魷魚 Singapore(Guangfu) 炒魷魚 Gan Pingxiang 開銷 Hakka Meixian 辭退 解僱 炒魷魚 Huizhou(Huicheng; Bendihua) 唔愛去做 炒魷魚 打豎鋪 Dongguan(Qingxi) 炒魷魚 Shenzhen(Shatoujiao) 炒魷魚 Zhongshan(Nanlang Heshui) 炒魷魚 Guangzhou(Lütian, Conghua) 解僱 Miaoli(N. Sixian) 解僱 Pingtung(Neipu; S. Sixian) 解僱 Hsinchu County(Zhudong; Hailu) 解僱 Taichung(Dongshi; Dabu) 解僱 Hsinchu County(Qionglin; Raoping) 解僱 Yunlin(Lunbei; Zhao'an) 辭 Southern Min Xiamen 辭頭路 辭 齧拗 齧捒 Zhao'an 辭退 Tainan 辭頭路 Singapore(Hokkien) 卜頭路 Manila(Hokkien) 擗捒 刣捒 Shantou 解僱 炒鰇魚 Jieyang 清 炒鰇魚 Haifeng 炒鰇魚 Zhongshan Min Zhongshan(Longdu, Shaxi) 除工 Southern Pinghua Nanning(Tingzi) 炒魷魚 Wu Shanghai 炒魷魚 Hangzhou 回報 Xiang Changsha 開銷
Dialectal synonyms of
元 (“yuan; dollar”)
[map] Variety Location Words Formal(Written Standard Chinese ) 圓 元 Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 塊1 Taiwan 塊1 Harbin 塊1 Malaysia 塊1 Singapore 塊1 Jilu Mandarin Jinan 塊1 Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai(Muping) 塊1 Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 塊1 Wanrong 塊1 Xi'an 塊1 Xining 塊1 Xuzhou 塊1 Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 塊1 Lanzhou 塊1 Ürümqi 塊1 Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 塊1 Wuhan 塊1 Guiyang 塊1 Guilin 塊1 Liuzhou 塊1 Nanning(Wuming) 塊1 Shanglin(Sanli) 塊1 Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 塊1 Yangzhou 塊1 Hefei 塊1 Cantonese Guangzhou 蚊 蚊雞 雞士 個 銀 度嘢 Hong Kong 蚊 蚊雞 雞士 雞 個 銀 雞嘢 皮 Hong Kong(Kam Tin; Weitou) 蚊 Macau 蚊 Guangzhou(Panyu) 蚊 Guangzhou(Huashan, Huadu) 蚊 Guangzhou(Conghua) 蚊 Guangzhou(Zengcheng) 蚊 Foshan 蚊 Foshan(Shatou, Nanhai) 文 Foshan(Shunde) 蚊 Foshan(Sanshui) 蚊雞 Foshan(Mingcheng, Gaoming) 蚊雞 Zhongshan(Shiqi) 蚊 Zhuhai(Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 蚊 Zhuhai(Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 蚊 Zhuhai(Doumen) 蚊 Jiangmen(Baisha) 蚊 Jiangmen(Xinhui) 蚊 Taishan 蚊 Kaiping(Chikan) 蚊 Enping(Niujiang) 蚊 Heshan(Yayao) 蚊 Dongguan 蚊 蚊雞 Shenzhen(Shajing, Bao'an) 蚊 Qingyuan 蚊 Fogang 蚊 Yingde(Hanguang) 蚊 Yangshan 蚊 Lianshan(Butian) 蚊 Lianzhou(Qingshui; Sihui) 蚊 Shaoguan 蚊 Shaoguan(Qujiang) 蚊 Renhua 蚊雞 Lechang 蚊 Zhaoqing(Gaoyao) 蚊 Sihui 蚊雞 Deqing 蚊 Huaiji 蚊 Fengkai(Nanfeng) 蚊 Yunfu 蚊 Xinxing 蚊 Luoding 蚊 Yunan(Pingtai) 蚊 Yangjiang 蚊 個 Lianjiang 蚊 Nanning 蚊 Hepu(Lianzhou) 蚊 Qinzhou 蚊 Beihai 蚊 Beihai(Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 蚊 Beihai(Qiaogang - Cát Bà) 蚊 Fangchenggang(Fangcheng) 蚊 Kuala Lumpur(Guangfu) 箍 蚊 Penang(Guangfu) 蚊 Singapore(Guangfu) 蚊 箍 Ho Chi Minh City(Guangfu) 蚊 Móng Cái 蚊 Gan Nanchang 塊1 Lichuan 塊1 Pingxiang 塊1 Hakka Meixian 塊1 Xingning 吊 Yudu 塊1 Miaoli(N. Sixian) 個 Pingtung(Neipu; S. Sixian) 個 Hsinchu County(Zhudong; Hailu) 個 Taichung(Dongshi; Dabu) 個 Hsinchu County(Qionglin; Raoping) 個 Yunlin(Lunbei; Zhao'an) 銀 箍 Hong Kong 塊1 蚊 Sabah(Longchuan) 箍 Senai(Huiyang) 箍 Kuching(Hepo) 箍 Singkawang 盾 Singapore(Dabu) 箍 Huizhou Jixi 塊1 Jin Taiyuan 塊1 Xinzhou 塊1 Northern Min Jian'ou 塊2 Jian'ou(Dikou) 塊2 Zhenghe(Zhenqian) 塊2 Pucheng(Shibei) 塊2 Eastern Min Fuzhou 塊2 Fuqing 塊2 Matsu 塊2 Southern Min Xiamen 箍 Xiamen(Tong'an) 箍 Quanzhou 箍 Shishi 箍 Zhangzhou 箍 Zhao'an 箍 Dongshan 箍 Taipei 箍 New Taipei(Sanxia) 箍 Kaohsiung 箍 Yilan 箍 Changhua(Lukang) 箍 Taichung 箍 Tainan 箍 Hsinchu 箍 Kinmen 箍 Penghu(Magong) 箍 Penang(Hokkien) 箍 Singapore(Hokkien) 箍 Manila(Hokkien) 箍 Chaozhou 銀 箍 個 個銀 Shantou 銀 個 箍 dated 個銀 Shantou(Chenghai) 銀 Jieyang 個 個銀 Haifeng 個銀 Johor Bahru(Teochew) 箍 Singapore(Teochew) 箍 個銀 Leizhou 個 Wenchang 銀 個 Haikou 個銀 銀 Qionghai 銀 Singapore(Hainanese) 箍 Puxian Min Putian 個 Xianyou 個 Zhongshan Min Zhongshan(Sanxiang) 蚊 Southern Pinghua Nanning(Tingzi) 蚊 蚊雞 Northern Pinghua Guilin(Dahe) 塊1 Wu Shanghai 塊1 Shanghai(Chongming) 塊1 Suzhou 塊1 Danyang 塊1 Hangzhou 塊1 Wenzhou 個 Jinhua 塊1 Xiang Changsha 塊1 Loudi 塊1 Shuangfeng 塊1 Quanzhou 塊1
→ Indonesian:ayam ( “ prostitute ” ) ( semantic loan ) → Malay:ayam ( “ prostitute ” ) ( semantic loan ) → ? Proto-Tai:*kajᴮ Northern Tai Central Tai Southwestern Tai (Chinese zodiac signs )(~年 ) 鼠 shǔ 牛 niú 虎 hǔ 兔 tù 龍 ／ 龙 lóng 蛇 shé 馬 ／ 马 mǎ 羊 yáng 猴 hóu 雞 ／ 鸡 jī 狗 gǒu 豬 ／ 猪 zhū (Category:zh:Chinese zodiac signs ) 雞
(Hyōgai kanji , kyūjitai kanji,shinjitai form𨿸 )
chicken ( domesticated fowl ) bird For theniwatori reading:
For pronunciation and definitions of雞 – see the following entry. (This term,雞
For thetori reading:
For pronunciation and definitions of雞 – see the following entry. (This term,雞
For thekake reading:
For pronunciation and definitions of雞 – see the following entry. (This term,雞
Shōgaku Tosho (1988 ),国語大辞典（新装版） Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition) Tōkyō :Shogakukan ,→ISBN 雞 (eumhun 닭 계 ( dak gye ) )
hanja form? 계 ( “ chicken ” ) 雞 :Nôm gà [ 1] 雞 :Hán Nôm kê [ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5] [ 6]
chicken 
