一隻雞、一隻鴨
See also: 一只鸡、一只鸭
Chinese
- one; single; aone; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)
(a measure word, for birds and some animals, for one of a pair); single fowl; chicken one; single; aone; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)(a measure word, for birds and some animals, for one of a pair); single duck trad. (一隻雞、一隻鴨) 一 隻 雞 、 一 隻 鴨 simp. (一只鸡、一只鸭) 一 只 鸡 、 一 只 鸭
Pronunciation
Idiom
一隻雞、一隻鴨
- (Singapore, originally Hainanese) to speak mutually unintelligible languages
- 福建人和廣東人講話就像是一隻雞、一隻鴨。 [MSC, trad.]
- Fújiànrén hé guǎngdōngrén jiǎnghuà jiù xiàng shì yīzhījī, yīzhīyā. [Pinyin]
- When a Hokkien person and a Cantonese person talk to each other, it's like a chicken talking to a duck.
福建人和广东人讲话就像是一只鸡、一只鸭。 [MSC, simp.]
See also
- (Cantonese) 雞同鴨講/鸡同鸭讲 (jītóngyājiǎng)