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  *鸡* | 鸡* | *鸡
fowl / chicken / CL: 隻|只 / (slang) prostitute
HSK 2
cock; rooster
HSK 6
(chicken) egg / hen's egg / CL: 個|个,
HSK 1
hen / don't know (humorous slang mimicking Cantonese 唔知, Jyutping: m4 zi1)
HSK 6
lit. when a person attains enlightenment and immortality, even his chickens and dogs will ascend to heaven with him (idiom) / fig. when somebody attains a position of power and influence, their relatives and friends also benefit
(video games) PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) / battle royale game / last-man-standing game / to play PUBG (or similar game) / to win at PUBG (or similar game)
lit. (when a person attains enlightenment and immortality), even his chickens and dogs will ascend to heaven with him (idiom) / fig. (when somebody attains a position of power and influence), their relatives and friends also benefit / (2nd half of the saying 一人得道雞犬升天|一人得道鸡犬升天)
Jixi, prefecture-level city in Heilongjiang Province 黑龍江省|黑龙江省
a variety of chicken
(bird species of China) little crake (Zapornia parva)
(coll.) profit-motivated article cynically disguised as feel-good content 雞湯|鸡汤 and designed to go viral
Year of the Cock (e.g. 2005)
chicken gizzard lining
Jiguan, a district of Jixi City 雞西市|鸡西市, Heilongjiang
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鸡* | 鸡* | *鸡
variant of 雞|鸡
HSK 2
chicken meat
lit. chicken feathers and garlic skins (idiom) / fig. trivial (matter)
a crane in a flock of chicken (idiom); way above the common / manifestly superior
HSK 7-9
scrambled eggs
turkey
chicken farm
chick; baby chicken
pheasant / unregistered and operating illegally (business) / (slang) prostitute
black-boned chicken / silky fowl / silkie / Gallus gallus domesticus Brisson
to imitate the dog and steal chicken (idiom) / to pilfer / to dally with women / to have affairs
(Tw) chicken strips
roast chicken
steamed chicken with chili sauce
samgyetang, popular Korean chicken soup with ginseng, spices etc
chicken feet
(bird species of China) Lady Amherst's pheasant (Chrysolophus amherstiae)
corn (callus on the foot)
lit. to try to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice used to lure it (idiom) / fig. to try to gain an advantage only to end up worse off / to go for wool and come back shorn
lit. dumb as a wooden chicken (idiom); fig. dumbstruck
frog / the Chinese edible frog (Hoplobatrachus rugulosus)
(calque) cocktail
lit. to inject chicken blood / (coll.) extremely excited or energetic (often used mockingly)
gong bao chicken / spicy diced chicken
black-boned chicken / silky fowl / silkie / Gallus gallus domesticus Brisson
(slang) total noob
cheapskate / stingy person
diced chicken meat
in pieces
lit. chickens flying and dogs jumping (idiom) / fig. in chaos / in disarray
lit. to kill the chicken to warn the monkey (idiom) / fig. to punish an individual as an example to others
dapanji or "big plate chicken", a kind of spicy chicken stew originating from Xinjiang
Baoji, prefecture-level city in Shaanxi Province 陝西省|陕西省
(slang) (pejorative) e-bike (from Cantonese)
lit. (a place where) birds don't defecate and hens don't lay eggs (idiom) / fig. god-forsaken / remote and desolate
don't use a sledgehammer on a nut / aquila non capit muscam
buldak ramen (a type of spicy Korean instant noodles)
lit. chicken speaking with duck / fig. talking without communicating / people not understanding each other
fried chicken
spicy chicken / (Internet slang) garbage (pun on 垃圾)
(dialect) hen
if you marry a chicken follow the chicken, if you marry a dog follow the dog (idiom)
(bird species of China) slaty-breasted rail (Gallirallus striatus)
golden rooster stands on one leg (tai chi posture) / standing on one leg
cross-eye
chicken breast
squeaky rubber chicken
(bird species of China) Przevalski's partridge (Alectoris magna)
homepage (loanword) (humorous)
lit. the strength to truss a chicken (idiom) / fig. slight physical strength
General Tso's chicken, a deep-fried chicken dish
Year 10, year of the Cock (e.g. 2005)
chicken breast / chicken cutlet
grouse
(bird species of China) Altai snowcock (Tetraogallus altaicus)
egg white
(bird species of China) water rail (Rallus aquaticus)
rooster
cock-fighting and horse-racing (idiom); to gamble
lit. small belly, chicken's gut (idiom); narrow-minded / petty
lemon chicken
lit. to kill a chicken in front of a monkey; fig. to make an example of sb (by punishment) to frighten others
moorhen (genus Gallinula) / gallinule / frog
chicken in rice wine / also translated drunken chicken
diploma mill
macrolepiota, mushroom native to Yunnan Province
chicken coop
If you marry a chicken, follow the chicken (idiom); A woman should follow whatever her husband orders. / We must learn to accept the people around us.
chick
lit. lacking the strength even to truss a chicken (saying) / fig. weak; unaccustomed to physical work
omelet / to make an omelet
chicken nuggets / popcorn chicken
(dialect) stingy / miserly / crafty / cunning
Reeves's pheasant (Syrmaticus reevesii) / (dialect) pheasant
Cantonese poached chicken, known as "white cut chicken"
quinine powder
chicken nugget / chicken piece
(neologism, c. 2020) to arrange an intensive schedule of activities for one's child to maximize achievement / a child subjected to such a regimen / (dialect) chick
crispy fried chicken
lit. why use a pole-ax to slaughter a chicken? (idiom) / fig. to waste effort on a trifling matter / also written 殺雞焉用牛刀|杀鸡焉用牛刀
Kung Pao Chicken / spicy diced chicken

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