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(chicken) egg / hen's egg / CL: 個|个,
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *雞* | 雞* | *雞
fowl / chicken / CL: 隻|只 / (slang) prostitute
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鷄* | 鷄* | *鷄
variant of 雞|鸡
HSK 2
cock; rooster
HSK 6
hen / don't know (humorous slang mimicking Cantonese 唔知, Jyutping: m4 zi1)
HSK 6
a crane in a flock of chicken (idiom); way above the common / manifestly superior
HSK 7-9
lit. to point at the chicken while scolding the dog (idiom) / fig. to make indirect criticisms
lit. a chicken and a bottle of wine (idiom); fig. ready to make an offering to the deceased, or to entertain guests
cross-eye
lit. would rather be a chicken's head than a phoenix's tail (idiom) / fig. to prefer to be a big fish in a small pond rather than a small fish in a big pond
lit. to kill a chicken in front of a monkey; fig. to make an example of sb (by punishment) to frighten others
if you marry a chicken follow the chicken, if you marry a dog follow the dog (idiom)
(coll.) hen's egg
hazel grouse
chicken meat
petty or mean persons
free-range chicken / (dialect) hen / cowardly
frog / the Chinese edible frog (Hoplobatrachus rugulosus)
dick / penis (vulgar)
Kung Pao Chicken / spicy diced chicken
(bird species of China) Chinese bamboo partridge (Bambusicola thoracicus)
vegetarian chicken, a soybean product
(calque) cocktail
chicken leg / drumstick / CL:
(bird species of China) red-wattled lapwing (Vanellus indicus)
grouse
chick; baby chicken / (vulgar) penis
free-range chicken
Cinchona ledgeriana, tree whose bark contains quinine
(bird species of China) black-billed capercaillie (Tetrao urogalloides)
Jize county in Handan 邯鄲|邯郸, Hebei
see 烏骨雞|乌骨鸡 / black-boned chicken / silky fowl / silkie
penis (childish)
roast chicken
turkey
penis (child's word)
chicken ribs / sth of little value or interest / sth of dubious worth that one is reluctant to give up / to be physically weak
(bird species of China) black-bellied sandgrouse (Pterocles orientalis)
chicken in rice wine / also translated drunken chicken
goose pimples / goose bumps
golden pheasant (Chrysolophus pictus)
a variety of chicken
pheasant / unregistered and operating illegally (business) / (slang) prostitute
chicken feather / CL: / trivial
Cantonese poached chicken, known as "white cut chicken"
Jiguan district of Jixi city 雞西|鸡西, Heilongjiang
crest / cockscomb
(dialect) hen; prostitute / (Tw) (adjective) interfering; nosy; (noun) busybody (from Taiwanese 家婆, Tai-lo pr. [ke-pô])
chicken coop
lit. chickens flying and dogs jumping (idiom) / fig. in chaos / in disarray
black-boned chicken / silky fowl / silkie / Gallus gallus domesticus Brisson
Reeves's pheasant (Syrmaticus reevesii) / (dialect) pheasant
(loanword) massage
lit. small belly, chicken's gut (idiom); narrow-minded / petty
a person who looks drenched and bedraggled / like a drowned rat / deep distress
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)
cock fighting
lit. not even chickens and dogs are spared (idiom) / fig. mass slaughter
bloodstone / red-fleck chalcedony / heliotrope (mineralogy)
to look for bones in an egg / to find fault / to nitpick (idiom)
Beware of suspicious folk bearing gifts, they are sure to be ill-intentioned. (idiom)
moorhen (genus Gallinula) / gallinule / frog
chicken gizzard lining
diced chicken meat
in pieces
Jize county in Handan 邯鄲|邯郸, Hebei
Baoji, prefecture-level city in Shaanxi Province 陝西省|陕西省
free-range chicken
Jixi, prefecture-level city in Heilongjiang Province 黑龍江省|黑龙江省
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.
sodomy; anal intercourse; buggery
to start practicing at the first crow of the cock (idiom) / to be diligent in one's studies
to wave a chicken feather as a token of authority (idiom); to assume unwarranted authority on the basis of some pretext
the chicken has flown the coop and the eggs are broken / a dead loss (idiom)
Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC)
cheapskate / stingy person
cockscomb flower / Celosia cristata
lit. an egg colliding with a rock (idiom) / fig. to attack sb stronger than oneself / to overrate one's abilities
rooster / cock / (slang) (Cantonese) to visit a prostitute
chicken farm
rooster
keyhole saw / pad saw
lit. lacking the strength even to truss a chicken (saying) / fig. weak; unaccustomed to physical work
crowing like a cock and stealing like a dog (idiom) / bag of tricks / useful talents
golden rooster stands on one leg (tai chi posture) / standing on one leg
lit. to kill the chicken to get the eggs (idiom) / fig. to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs
don't use a sledgehammer on a nut / aquila non capit muscam
female chicken crows at daybreak (idiom); a woman usurps authority / women meddle in politics / The female wears the trousers.
Jidong county in Jixi 雞西|鸡西, Heilongjiang
corn (callus on the foot)
cassowary (genus Casuarius), large flightless bird native to northeastern Australia and New Guinea / CL: 隻|只
Gorgon fruit / Semen euryales (botany) / see also 芡實|芡实
(bird species of China) chukar partridge (Alectoris chukar)
lit. the strength to truss a chicken (idiom) / fig. slight physical strength
lit. chicken feathers and garlic skins (idiom) / fig. trivial (matter)
lit. not even the chickens and dogs are left undisturbed (idiom) / fig. great commotion / pandemonium

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