雞 - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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See also: 鷄, 鶏, and 鸡

Traditional	雞
Simplified	鸡
Japanese	鶏
Korean	鷄

雞 (Kangxi radical 172, 隹+10, 18 strokes, cangjie input 月大人土 (BKOG), four-corner 2041₄, composition ⿰奚隹)

• 𤄬, 𤣕, 𭌲, 𧄰

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1369, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42124
• Dae Jaweon: page 1875, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4105, character 2
• Unihan data for U+96DE

trad.	雞/鷄
simp.	鸡
alternative forms	鳼／𪉃 鳮

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *keː): phonetic 奚 (OC *ɡeː) + semantic 隹 (“short-tailed bird”).

Onomatopoeic (Schuessler, 2007). Compare Proto-Vietic *r-kaa (> Vietnamese gà), Proto-Tai *kajᴮ (“chicken”), Proto-Hmong-Mien *Kəi.

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• (to fire): From 無情雞 / 无情鸡 (mou⁴ cing⁴ gai¹, “pink slip”).

雞

1. chicken; fowl (Classifier: 隻／只 m c)

   雞肉／鸡肉  ―  jīròu  ―  chicken meat

   雞蛋／鸡蛋  ―  jīdàn  ―  chicken egg

   • 雞棲于塒、日之夕矣、羊牛下來。……
     雞棲于桀、日之夕矣、羊牛下括。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     鸡栖于埘、日之夕矣、羊牛下来。……
     鸡栖于桀、日之夕矣、羊牛下括。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Jī qī yú shí, rì zhī xī yǐ, yángniú xiàlái.......
     Jī qī yú jié, rì zhī xī yǐ, yángniú xiàguā. [Pinyin]

     The fowls roost in their holes in the walls; and in the evening of the day, the goats and cows come down [from the hill]. [...]
     The fowls roost on their perches; and in the evening of the day, the goats and cows come down and home.

2. 10th of the Chinese zodiac animals (rooster)

   我哥哥和我爸爸都是屬雞的。 [MSC, trad.]
   我哥哥和我爸爸都是属鸡的。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ gēgē hé wǒ bàbà dōu shì shǔ jī de. [Pinyin]

   My elder brother and my father are both born in the Year of the Rooster.

3. (slang) female prostitute

   Coordinate term: 鴨 / 鸭 (yā)

   做雞／做鸡 [Cantonese]  ―  zou⁶ gai¹ [Jyutping]  ―  to be a prostitute

4. (slang) penis, cock

   雞雞／鸡鸡  ―  jījī  ―  cock

5. (Cantonese, Huicheng dialect) whistle

   吹雞／吹鸡 [Cantonese]  ―  ceoi¹ gai¹ [Jyutping]  ―  to blow a whistle

   銀雞／银鸡 [Cantonese]  ―  ngan⁴ gai¹ [Jyutping]  ―  silver whistle

6. (Cantonese, Huicheng dialect, Hokkien) trigger (of a gun)

   摱雞／摱鸡 [Cantonese]  ―  maan¹ gai¹ [Jyutping]  ―  to pull the trigger

7. (Cantonese) weak; useless
8. (Cantonese, non-productive) Suffix for adjectives describing a weak or useless person.

   弱雞／弱鸡 [Cantonese]  ―  joek⁶ gai¹ [Jyutping]  ―  weak; wimpy

   揗雞／揗鸡 [Cantonese]  ―  tan⁴ gai¹ [Jyutping]  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

9. (Cantonese) to fire; to sack
10. (Cantonese) Classifier for money: yuan; dollar; buck

    • 2017, 葉子騫, 十九窮風流——廢青日常食譜, Hong Kong: 飲食天地出版社 [Food Paradise], →ISBN, page 138:

      我們就以廿雞作食平D的標準，喂呀~~ [Cantonese, trad.]
      我们就以廿鸡作食平D的标准，喂呀~~ [Cantonese, simp.]

      ngo⁵ mun⁴ zau⁶ ji⁵ jaa⁶ gai¹ zok³ sik⁶ peng⁴ di¹ dik¹ biu¹ zeon², wai³ jaa³ ~~ [Jyutping]

      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

11. (Cantonese) Classifier for ten thousand dollars.

    • 2015, 梁心欣, quotee, “恒指3萬點 四叔捐佢份身家 0.43% 靚女捐得多過佢！”, in 港股策略王, number 23, page 18:

      不過Hazel都捐一雞嘢（即1萬元），我冇理由咁失威，我捐多佢一倍，我捐夠兩雞！ [Cantonese, trad.]
      不过Hazel都捐一鸡嘢（即1万元），我冇理由咁失威，我捐多佢一倍，我捐够两鸡！ [Cantonese, simp.]

      bat¹ gwo³ Hazel dou¹ gyun¹ jat¹ gai¹ je⁵ (zik¹ jat¹ maan⁶ jyun⁴), ngo⁵ mou⁵ lei⁵ jau⁴ gam³ sat¹ wai¹, ngo⁵ gyun¹ do¹ keoi⁵ jat¹ pui⁵, ngo⁵ gyun¹ gau³ loeng⁵ gai¹! [Jyutping]

      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

12. (Cantonese) Alternative form of 笄

• (trigger): 扳機／扳机 (bānjī); (Min Nan) 銃雞／铳鸡, 剾雞／𠛅鸡

• → Indonesian: ayam (“prostitute”) (semantic loan)
• → Malay: ayam (“prostitute”) (semantic loan)
• →? Proto-Tai: *kajᴮ
  • Northern Tai
    • Bouyei: gais
    • Zhuang: gaeq
    • Saek: ไก
  • Central Tai
    • Tày: cáy
  • Southwestern Tai
    • Thai: ไก่ (gài)
    • Northern Thai: ᨠᩱ᩵
    • Lao: ໄກ່ (kai)
    • Lü: ᦺᦂᧈ (k̇ay¹)
    • Tai Dam: ꪼꪀ꪿
    • Shan: ၵႆႇ (kài)
    • Tai Nüa: ᥐᥭᥱ (kǎy)
    • Aiton: ကႝ (kay)
    • Phake: ကႝ (kay)
    • Ahom: 𑜀𑜩 (kay)

• (Chinese zodiac signs) (~年) 鼠 (shǔ), 牛 (niú), 虎 (hǔ), 兔 (tù), 龍／龙 (lóng), 蛇 (shé), 馬／马 (mǎ), 羊 (yáng), 猴 (hóu), 雞／鸡 (jī), 狗 (gǒu), 豬／猪 (zhū) ^{(Category: zh:Chinese zodiac signs)}

• “雞”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

雞

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 𨿸)

1. chicken (domesticated fowl)
2. bird

• Go-on: け (ke)
• Kan-on: けい (kei)
• Kun: にわとり (niwatori, 雞)^{←にはとり (nifatori, にはとり, historical)}、とり (tori, 雞)、かけ (kake, 雞)

For the niwatori reading:

Kanji in this term
雞
にわとり Hyōgai
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 雞 – see the following entry.

(This term, 雞, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

For the tori reading:

Kanji in this term
雞
とり Hyōgai
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 雞 – see the following entry.

(This term, 雞, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

For the kake reading:

Kanji in this term
雞
かけ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 雞 – see the following entry.

(This term, 雞, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

• Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

雞 (eumhun 닭 계 (dak gye))

1. hanja form^? of 계 (“chicken”)

雞: Nôm readings: gà^[1]
雞: Hán Nôm readings: kê^{[2][3][4][5][6]}

1. chicken