水雞

水雞

Chinese

		water; river	fowl; chicken
trad. (水雞/水鷄)		水	雞/鷄
simp. (水鸡)		水	鸡

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shuǐjī

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄐㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi² gai¹
• Min Dong (BUC): cūi-giĕ / cūi^→cṳ̄-giĕ
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): súi-koe / súi-ke / chúi-koe / chúi-ke / chúi-kere

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zui² goi¹

• Xiang (Wiktionary): xyei³ ji¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: shuǐjī
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄐㄧ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeiji
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: seoi² gai¹
    • Yale: séui gāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soey² gai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêu² gei¹
    • IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯³⁵ kɐi̯⁵⁵/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: cūi-giĕ / cūi^→cṳ̄-giĕ
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡suoi³³⁻²¹ ^(k-)ie⁵⁵/, /t͡sy³³⁻²¹ ^(k-)ie⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Tong'an, Taipei, Lukang, Kinmen, Magong)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: súi-koe
    • Tâi-lô: suí-kue
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suy'koef
    • IPA (Kinmen): /sui⁵³⁻²⁴ kue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /sui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kue³³/
    • IPA (Tong'an): /sui³¹⁻²² kue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kue⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: súi-ke
    • Tâi-lô: suí-ke
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suy'kef
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ke⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ke⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei, Hsinchu)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chúi-koe
    • Tâi-lô: tsuí-kue
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zuy'koef
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kue⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Tainan, Taichung, Yilan, Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chúi-ke
    • Tâi-lô: tsuí-ke
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zuy'kef
    • IPA (Penang): /t͡sui⁴⁴⁵⁻³³ ke³³/
  • (Hokkien: Sanxia)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chúi-kere
    • Tâi-lô: tsuí-kere
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zui² goi¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsúi koi
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sui⁵²⁻³⁵ koi³³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: xyei³ ji¹
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕye̞i⁴¹ t͡ɕi³³/

Noun

水雞

1. (literary or dialectal) frog
2. Alternative name for 秧雞／秧鸡 (yāngjī, “rail (bird)”).
3. Alternative name for 蜑家 (dànjiā, “Tanka people”).
4. (Wenzhou Wu) duck
5. (Cantonese) a person caught in the rain and soaked through
6. (Cantonese) bong made with a coarse bamboo pipe
7. (Cantonese, dated) ship's prostitute
8. (southern Taiwanese Hokkien) female genitals

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 青蛙 (“frog”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		蛙
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		青蛙
Taxonomic name		蛙
Mandarin	Beijing	蛤蟆, 田雞
	Taiwan	青蛙, 田雞
	Harbin	蛤蟆, 青乖子
	Shenyang	蛤蟆, 青乖子
	Jinan	蛤蟆, 田雞
	Muping	蚧巴子, 張拉崴子, 張崴子
	Luoyang	蛤蟆
	Jiedian	水雞子
	Xi'an	蛤蟆, 田雞
	Xining	青蛙
	Xuzhou	水雞兒
	Yinchuan	田畝雞
	Lanzhou	金蛤蟆, 長腿癩蛤蟆
	Ürümqi	青蛙
	Wuhan	蛤蟆, 綠蛤蟆, 田雞
	Chengdu	蜞螞兒, 青蜞螞兒, 青蛙, 田雞
	Guiyang	青蛙, 田雞
	Liuzhou	蟆𧊅
	Kunming	青蛙, 田雞
	Yangzhou	田雞子, 田雞, 水雞子
	Nanjing	田雞, 水雞, 蛤蟆, 青蛙
	Hefei	蛤蟆, 田雞
	Nantong	田雞
Cantonese	Guangzhou	蛤乸, 蛤𧊅, 田雞
	Hong Kong	蛤乸, 蛤𧊅, 田雞, 青蛙
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	蛤𧊅, 蛤乸
	Foshan	田雞
	Taishan	田雞
	Dongguan	蛤, 田雞
	Yangjiang	蛤, 田雞
	Xinyi	蛤乸, 蛤𧊅
	Nanning	蛤乸
	Kuala Lumpur	田雞, 青蛙
Gan	Nanchang	蛤蟆, 田雞, 老蛤
	Lichuan	蛤蟆
	Pingxiang	鬼蛤蟆
Hakka	Meixian	𧊅仔, 田雞, 蛤蟆
	Changting	蛤蟆
	Yudu	𧊅
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	𧊅仔
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	𧊅仔
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	𧊅仔
	Dongshi (Dabu)	𧊅
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	𧊅仔
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	𧊅子
	Hong Kong	蛤蟆
	Sabah	蛤蟆, 𧊅哩, 蛤𧊅
	Senai	𧊅仔
	Singkawang	𧊅
Huizhou	Jixi	水雞, 田雞, 蛤蟆
Jin	Taiyuan	蛤蟆
	Xinzhou	蛤蟆
	Hohhot	蛤蟆
Min Bei	Jian'ou	田狗, 水雞
Min Dong	Fuzhou	青蛤, 黃䱝, 水雞
	Fuqing	青蛤, 黃䱝, 水雞
	Matsu	黃䱝
Min Nan	Xiamen	田蛤仔, 水雞
	Quanzhou	埯魅坸仔, 水雞
	Zhangzhou	田蛤仔, 水雞
	Taipei	大肚仔魚, 水雞, 田蛤仔, 杜蝛仔
	Kaohsiung	水雞, 四跤仔, 田蛤仔
	Tainan	水雞, 四跤魚, 田蛤仔, 田僑
	Taichung	水雞
	Hsinchu	水雞
	Lukang	水雞, 田蛤仔
	Sanxia	水雞, 田蛤仔, 肚蛙
	Yilan	水雞, 蛤仔
	Kinmen	水雞
	Magong	水雞
	Penang	水雞
	Chaozhou	蛤虯, 水雞
	Haifeng	蛤蛄, 蛤虯
	Johor Bahru	蛤虯
	Haikou	蛤, 田雞, 螻蛤
	Leizhou	田雞, 蛤
Puxian Min	Putian	洋乜, 水雞
	Xianyou	洋乜, 水雞
Pinghua	Nanning	蛤, 田雞
	Guilin	蛤蟆
Wu	Shanghai	田雞, 青蛙
	Suzhou	田雞, 青蛙
	Hangzhou	田雞
	Wenzhou	蛤蟆, 蛤蟆牯, 田雞
	Chongming	田雞
	Danyang	田雞, 青蛙
	Jinhua	田雞, 蟥蟆
	Tangxi	田雞, 蛤蟆
	Ningbo	田雞, 水雞
Xiang	Changsha	蛤蟆, 蛤蟆子, 蟆𧊅, 水雞
	Shuangfeng	蟆𧊅子
	Loudi	蟆𧊅, 蟆𧊅子
	Quanzhou	蟆𧊅

Dialectal synonyms of 鴨子 (“duck”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		鴨
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		鴨
Taxonomic name		鴨
Mandarin	Beijing	鴨子
	Taiwan	鴨子
	Harbin	鴨子
	Jinan	鴨子
	Muping	鴨巴子
	Luoyang	鴨子
	Jiedian	鴨兒
	Xi'an	鴨子
	Xining	鴨子, 鴨鴨
	Xuzhou	鴨子
	Yinchuan	鴨子
	Lanzhou	鴨子
	Ürümqi	鴨子
	Wuhan	鴨子
	Chengdu	鴨子, 鴨兒
	Guiyang	鴨子, 鴨哩哩 childish
	Liuzhou	鴨子, 鴨
	Yangzhou	鴨子
	Nanjing	鴨子
	Hefei	鴨子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	鴨
	Hong Kong	鴨
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	鴨
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	鴨
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	鴨
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	鴨
	Macau	鴨
	Panyu	鴨
	Huadu (Huashan)	鴨
	Conghua	鴨
	Zengcheng	鴨
	Foshan	鴨
	Nanhai (Shatou)	鴨
	Shunde	鴨
	Sanshui	鴨
	Gaoming (Mingcheng)	鴨
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	鴨
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	鴨
	Doumen (Shangheng Tanka)	鴨
	Doumen	鴨
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	鴨
	Xinhui	鴨
	Taishan	鴨
	Kaiping (Chikan)	鴨
	Enping (Niujiang)	鴨
	Heshan (Yayao)	鴨
	Dongguan	鴨
	Bao'an (Shajing)	鴨
	Shaoguan	鴨仔
	Yunfu	鴨
	Yangjiang	鴨
	Xinyi	鴨
	Lianjiang	鴨
	Kuala Lumpur	鴨
	Ho Chi Minh City	鴨
Gan	Nanchang	鴨子, 鴨
	Lichuan	鴨兒
	Pingxiang	鴨
Hakka	Meixian	鴨仔
	Yudu	鴨子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	鴨仔
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	鴨仔
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	鴨仔
	Dongshi (Dabu)	鴨
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	鴨仔, 鴨
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	鴨
	Hong Kong	鴨
	Senai	鴨
Huizhou	Jixi	鴨
Jin	Taiyuan	鴨子
	Xinzhou	鴨子
Min Bei	Jian'ou	鴨
Min Dong	Fuzhou	鴨
Min Nan	Xiamen	鴨, 鴨仔
	Quanzhou	鴨, 鴨仔
	Zhangzhou	鴨, 鴨仔
	Taipei	鴨仔
	Kaohsiung	鴨仔
	Tainan	鴨仔
	Taichung	鴨
	Hsinchu	鴨
	Lukang	鴨仔
	Sanxia	鴨仔
	Yilan	鴨仔
	Kinmen	鴨
	Magong	鴨
	Chaozhou	鴨
	Johor Bahru	鴨
	Haikou	鴨
Pinghua	Nanning	鴨, 老扁 secret language
Wu	Shanghai	鴨, 鴨子, 鴨里里 childish
	Suzhou	鴨, 鴨連連
	Hangzhou	鴨兒
	Wenzhou	水雞, 鴨, 嘎嘎 childish, 嘎嘎囉 childish
	Chongming	鴨
	Danyang	鴨子
	Jinhua	鴨, 鴨兒
	Ningbo	鴨, 茄茄鴨 childish
Xiang	Changsha	鴨
	Shuangfeng	鴨
	Loudi	鴨

Derived terms

水雞泅／水鸡泅