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水鸡

shuǐ jī

2-character word Traditional 水雞

What 水鸡 means

1. moorhen (genus Gallinula)
2. gallinule
3. frog

The characters in 水鸡

• 水shuǐwater; (after a name) ... River; to swim (used mostly in 会水
• 鸡jīfowl; chicken; (slang) prostitute

Words containing 水鸡

• 口水鸡kǒu shuǐ jīsteamed chicken with chili sauce
• 黑水鸡hēi shuǐ jī(bird species of China) common moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
• 紫水鸡zǐ shuǐ jī(bird species of China) grey-headed swamphen (Porphyrio poliocephalus)

Sounds the same

Read shuǐ jī, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 水基water-based