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鸡年

jī nián

2-character word Traditional 雞年

What 鸡年 means

1. Year of the Cock (e.g. 2005)

The characters in 鸡年

• 鸡jīfowl; chicken; (slang) prostitute
• 年niányear

Example sentences

• 鸡年大吉！
  Jīnián dàjí!
  Happy year of the rooster!

Sounds the same

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

• 积年for a long time; over many years; old
• 笄年beginning of maturity (of a girl)