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鸡 jī

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鸡 jī Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
jī | ji1
English translation
fowl
chicken
CL:隻 zhī
>只 zhǐ [zhī]
(slang) prostitute

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About 鸡 jī

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Number of strokes

7

Traditional form

雞 jī

Contains the radical

鸟 diǎo

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

Another 又 yòu kind of bird 鸟 diǎo

Etymology of 鸡 jī

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

⿰又鸟

Explanation

Simplified form of 雞 jī . Originally was a pictograph of a chicken. Later changed to a phonosemantic compound of 奚 xī and 隹 zhuī (bird). The traditional 隹 zhuī (bird) component was replaced with 鸟 diǎo , a different character for "bird".

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Example sentences using 鸡 jī

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喝 hē 一 yī 碗 wǎn 热 rè 鸡汤 jī tāng 对 duì 你 nǐ 有 yǒu 好处 hǎochu .

A bowl of hot chicken soup is good for you.

你 nǐ 能 Néng 不能 bù néng 赶快 gǎnkuài 给 gěi 我们 wǒmen 炒 chǎo 盘 pán 鸡蛋 jīdàn ?

Can you cook up a simple egg dish for us right away?

那天 nà tiān 晚上 wǎnshang 早些 zǎo xiē 时候 shíhou 他 tā 的确 díquè 是 shì 吃 chī 了 le 太 tài 多 duō 香 xiāng 辣 là 咖喱 gā lí 鸡 jī 了 le .

He did have too much spiced curry chicken earlier that evening.

小 xiǎo 鸡 jī 因为 yīnwèi 饿 è 而 ér 开始 kāishǐ 吱吱叫 jiào .

The little chicks began to peep because they were hungry.

我 wǒ 离题 lí tí 太 tài 远 yuǎn 了 le ,我 wǒ 所 suǒ 要 yāo 讲 jiǎng 的 de 故事 gùshì 主要 zhǔyào 不 bù 是 shì 关于 guānyú 鸡 jī .

I digress. My tale does not primarily concern itself with the hen.

Words with 鸡 jī

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
鸡 jī fowl雞 jī
鸡蛋 jīdàn (chicken) egg雞蛋
鸡肉 jī ròu chicken meat雞肉
火鸡 huǒ jī turkey火雞
鸡尾酒 jī wěi jiǔ cocktail (loanword)雞尾酒
小鸡 xiǎo jī chick小雞
公鸡 gōng jī cock公雞
鸡皮疙瘩 jī pí gē da goose pimples雞皮疙瘩
母鸡 mǔ jī hen母雞
炸鸡 zhá jī fried chicken炸雞
鸡汤 jī tāng chicken stock雞湯
鸡腿 jī tuǐ chicken leg雞腿
鸡奸 jī jiān sodomy雞奸
金鸡 jīn jī golden pheasant (Chrysolophus pictus)金雞
雏鸡 chú jī chick雛雞
肉鸡 ròu jī broiler肉雞
斗鸡 dòu jī cock fighting鬥雞
鸡毛蒜皮 jī máo suàn pí kitchen trash雞毛蒜皮
鸡巴 jī ba dick雞巴
野鸡 yě jī pheasant野雞
鸡毛 jī máo chicken feather雞毛
鸡肋 jī lèi chicken ribs雞肋
宝鸡 Bǎo jī Baoji prefecture-level city in Shaanxi寶雞
蛋鸡 dàn jī laying hen蛋雞

鸡 jī Decomposition & Compounds

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鸡 jī Decomposition

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