雞 (gai1 | ji1) : chicken

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雞

gai1

ji1

[1] chicken; hen; cock; domestic fowl
[2] a prostitute or a woman in a sexual capacity
[var.] 鷄

Stroke count: 18

Level: 2

Radical: (#172)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

雞 / 鸡

This word has been viewed 65382 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 30th Oct 2012 12:29

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宮保雞丁 gung1 bou2 gai1 ding1 gong1 bao3 ji1 ding1 = Kung Pao chicken: Szechuanese Chinese dish

雞蛋 gai1 daan6*2 ji1 dan4 = chicken egg

雞乸 gai1 naa2 = hen; the female of chicken 粵

雞公 gai1 gung1 = cockerel, rooster; male chicken 粵

火雞 fo2 gai1 huo3 ji1 = turkey (bird)

炸子雞 zaa3 zi2 gai1 = crispy fried chicken

雞腳 gai1 goek3 ji1 jiao3 = chicken's foot 粵

雞片 gai1 pin3*2 = chicken served in slices

雞粉 gai1 fan2 = chicken stock; chicken powder

公雞 gung1 gai1 gong1 ji1 = cock; rooster
See all 231 compounds (CantoDict reports 233 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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不如去雞記食早餐囉! 粵
Let's go to KFC have a breakfast.

火雞煮得好唔係容易粵
Cooking a turkey well is not easy.

烤火雞不是一件容易的事國
Cooking a turkey well is not easy.

一蚊一隻雞好抵買。粵
One dollar for a chicken is so worth buying it.

究竟有雞先，定係有蛋先呢？粵 ?!
Actually, does chicken come first or egg first?

近來傳出啲流言蜚語，話老闆畀人捉黃腳雞粵
Recently there has been all these slanderous tales about the boss being blackmailed for having some extra-marital affair.

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Decimal representation of this word: 雞
Unicode code for this character: U+96de (off-site link)

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