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鸡

jī

HSK 2 Character Traditional 雞 Measure word 只

What 鸡 means

1. fowl
2. chicken
3. slangprostitute

Other readings

鸡 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• jīvariant of {鸡|jī}

Example sentences

• 鸡年大吉！
  Jīnián dàjí!
  Happy year of the rooster!
• 这是鸡肉。
  This meat is chicken.
• 吸我的鸡巴。
  Xī wǒ de jība.
  Suck my dick.
• 狐狸吃母鸡。
  Húli chī mǔjī.
  Foxes eat hens.
• 她买了鸡肉。
  She bought chicken.
• 我经常吃鸡。
  I often eat chicken.

Words starting with 鸡

• 鸡蛋jī dàn(chicken) egg; hen's egg
• 鸡肉jī ròuchicken meat
• 鸡汤jī tāngchicken stock; chicken soup; (fig.) chicken soup for the soul – i.e. feel-good…
• 鸡腿jī tuǐchicken leg; drumstick
• 鸡巴jī badick; penis (vulgar)
• 鸡毛jī máochicken feather; trivial
• 鸡尾酒jī wěi jiǔ(calque) cocktail
• 鸡毛蒜皮jī máo suàn pílit. chicken feathers and garlic skins (idiom); fig. trivial (matter)
• 鸡皮疙瘩jī pí gē dagoose pimples; goose bumps
• 鸡肋jī lèichicken rib; (fig.) sth of little value yet hard to discard
• 鸡块jī kuàichicken nugget; chicken piece
• 鸡窝jī wōchicken coop; (slang) brothel
• 鸡爪jī zhuǎchicken foot
• 鸡丁jī dīngdiced chicken meat
• 鸡儿jī érchick; baby chicken; (vulgar) penis
• 鸡公jī gōng(dialect) rooster; cock
• 鸡年jī niánYear of the Cock (e.g. 2005)
• 鸡排jī páichicken breast; chicken cutlet
• 鸡架jī jià(dialect) chicken carcass used for cooking
• 鸡母jī mǔ(dialect) hen
• 鸡眼jī yǎncorn (callus on the foot)
• 鸡精jī jīngchicken bouillon powder (PRC); essence of chicken, concentrated chicken stock sold as a…
• 鸡脚jī jiǎochicken foot
• 鸡舍jī shèchicken coop

Words containing 鸡

• 小鸡xiǎo jīchick
• 公鸡gōng jīcock; rooster
• 母鸡mǔ jīhen; don't know (humorous slang mimicking Cantonese 唔知, Jyutping: m4 zi1)
• 野鸡yě jīpheasant; unregistered and operating illegally (business); (slang) prostitute
• 火鸡huǒ jīturkey
• 金鸡jīn jīgolden pheasant (Chrysolophus pictus)
• 烤鸡kǎo jīroast chicken
• 田鸡tián jīfrog; the Chinese edible frog (Hoplobatrachus rugulosus)
• 山鸡shān jīReeves's pheasant (Syrmaticus reevesii); (dialect) pheasant
• 呆若木鸡dāi ruò mù jīlit. dumb as a wooden chicken (idiom); fig. dumbstruck
• 斗鸡dòu jīcock fighting
• 鹤立鸡群hè lì jī qúna crane in a flock of chicken (idiom); way above the common; manifestly superior
• 雄鸡xióng jīrooster
• 落汤鸡luò tāng jīa person who looks drenched and bedraggled; like a drowned rat; deep distress
• 做鸡zuò jī(slang) (of a woman) to work as a prostitute
• 叫鸡jiào jīrooster; cock; (slang) (Cantonese) to visit a prostitute
• 吃鸡chī jī(video games) PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG); battle royale game…
• 土鸡tǔ jīfree-range chicken
• 松鸡sōng jīgrouse
• 水鸡shuǐ jīmoorhen (genus Gallinula); gallinule; frog
• 油鸡yóu jīa variety of chicken
• 炸鸡zhá jīfried chicken
• 乌鸡wū jīblack-boned chicken; silky fowl; silkie
• 石鸡shí jī(bird species of China) chukar partridge (Alectoris chukar)

Characters that look like 鸡

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 线xiànthread; string; wire
• 玛mǎused in 玛瑙
• 艰jiāndifficult; hard; hardship
• 鸣míngto cry (of birds, animals and insects); to make a sound…
• 坞wù(bound form) low area within a surrounding barrier; (literary) small castle; fort
• 鸠jiūturtledove; (literary) to gather

Sounds the same

Read jī, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 机(bound form) machine; mechanism; (bound form) aircraft; (bound form) an opportunity
• 击to hit; to strike; to break
• 基(bound form) base; foundation; (bound form) radical (chemistry)…
• 积to amass; to accumulate; to store up; (math) product (the result of multiplication)…
• 激to arouse; to incite; to excite
• 圾used in 垃圾; Taiwan pr. sè
• 肌(bound form) flesh; muscle
• 饥(bound form) hungry
• 缉to seize; to arrest; Taiwan pr. qì
• 讥to ridicule
• 姬woman; concubine; female entertainer (archaic)
• 奇odd (number)