鸡
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fowl; chicken; CL:隻|只[zhi1]; (slang) prostitute
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- Level 1
- Old HSK
- Level 2
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 鳥 +2
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 雞
- Common rank
- #278
- Unicode
- U+9E21
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Words with 鸡
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 鸡蛋 | (chicken) egg; hen's egg; CL:個|个[ge4],打[da2] | |
| 鸡子儿 | (coll.) hen's egg | |
| 白马鸡 | (bird species of China) white eared pheasant (Crossoptilon crossoptilon) | |
| 鸡西市 | Jixi, prefecture-level city in Heilongjiang Province 黑龍江省|黑龙江省[Hei1 long2 jiang1 Sheng3] | |
| 口水鸡 | steamed chicken with chili sauce | |
| 大石鸡 | (bird species of China) Przevalski's partridge (Alectoris magna) | |
| 鸡东县 | Jidong, a county in Jixi City 雞西市|鸡西市[Ji1 xi1 Shi4], Heilongjiang | |
| 黑水鸡 | (bird species of China) common moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) | |
| 山鸡 | Reeves's pheasant (Syrmaticus reevesii); (dialect) pheasant | |
| 一地鸡毛 | complete mess; in a shambles | |
| 水鸡 | moorhen (genus Gallinula); gallinule; frog | |
| 火鸡面 | buldak ramen (a type of spicy Korean instant noodles) | |
| 鸡儿 | chick; baby chicken; (vulgar) penis | |
| 小鸡 | chick | |
| 金鸡 | golden pheasant (Chrysolophus pictus) | |
| 花鸡 | chaffinch (family Fringillidae) | |
| 电鸡 | (slang) (pejorative) e-bike (from Cantonese) | |
| 鸡西 | see 雞西市|鸡西市[Ji1 xi1 Shi4] | |
| 公鸡 | cock; rooster | |
| 鸡公 | (dialect) rooster; cock |