閹雞

閹雞

Chinese

		castrate	fowl; chicken
trad. (閹雞)		閹	雞
simp. (阉鸡)		阉	鸡

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yānjī

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢ ㄐㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jim¹ gai¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yâm-kiê
• Min Nan (POJ): iam-koe / iam-ke

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yānjī
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢ ㄐㄧ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ianji
    • IPA ^(key): /i̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jim¹ gai¹
    • Yale: yīm gāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jim¹ gai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yim¹ gei¹
    • IPA ^(key): /jiːm⁵⁵ kɐi̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yâm-kiê
    • Hakka Romanization System: iam´ gie´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yam¹ gie¹
    • IPA: /i̯am²⁴⁻¹¹ ki̯e²⁴/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yâm-kiê
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)iam´ gie´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yam¹ gie¹
    • IPA: /(j)i̯am²⁴⁻¹¹ ki̯e²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iam-koe
    • Tâi-lô: iam-kue
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iamkoef
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iam³³ kue³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iam⁴⁴⁻²² kue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iam⁴⁴⁻³³ kue⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iam-ke
    • Tâi-lô: iam-ke
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iamkef
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iam⁴⁴⁻²² ke⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iam⁴⁴⁻³³ ke⁴⁴/

Noun

閹雞

1. capon

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 閹雞 (“capon”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		閹雞
Mandarin	Beijing	閹雞、騸雞
	Taiwan	閹雞
	Harbin	閹雞
	Shenyang	閹雞
	Jinan	擇雞
	Xi'an	騸雞
	Lanzhou	鏾雞
	Ürümqi	騸雞
	Wuhan	鏾雞
	Chengdu	騸雞、鏾雞
	Guiyang	騸雞
	Liuzhou	鏾雞、閹雞
	Kunming	鏾雞
	Yangzhou	鏾雞
	Nanjing	鏾雞
	Hefei	鏾雞
Cantonese	Guangzhou	鏾雞、閹雞
	Hong Kong	鏾雞、閹雞
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	鏾雞
	Foshan	鏾雞
	Shunde	鏾雞
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	鏾雞
	Doumen (Shangheng Tanka)	閹雞
	Taishan	閹雞
	Kaiping (Chikan)	閹雞
	Dongguan	鏾雞
	Shaoguan	閹雞、鏾雞
	Yunfu	鏾雞
	Yangjiang	鏾雞
	Xinyi	閹雞、熟雞
	Lianjiang	閹雞
	Nanning	鏾雞
	Kuala Lumpur	閹雞
Gan	Nanchang	鏾雞
	Lichuan	鏾雞
	Pingxiang	鏾雞、鏾雞公
Hakka	Meixian	熟雞、鏾雞
	Xingning	水騷
	Huidong	閹雞
	Qujiang	鏾雞
	Xiaosanjiang	閹雞
	Changting	鏾雞
	Pingyu	雞公
	Wuping	雞公
	Ninghua	落雞
	Yudu	驐雞
	Ruijin	鏾雞
	Shicheng	割雞、落色雞
	Shangyou	驐雞
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	閹雞
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	閹雞
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	閹雞
	Dongshi (Dabu)	閹雞
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	閹雞
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	閹雞
	Hong Kong	閹雞
	Senai	閹雞
Min Bei	Jian'ou	驐雞角
Min Dong	Fuzhou	驐雞
Min Nan	Xiamen	閹雞
	Quanzhou	閹雞
	Zhangzhou	閹雞
	Taipei	閹雞
	Kaohsiung	閹雞
	Pingnan	閹雞
	Chaozhou	閹雞
	Johor Bahru	閹雞
	Haikou	雞閹
	Leizhou	雞閹
Pinghua	Nanning	鏾雞、閹雞
Wu	Shanghai	驐雞
	Suzhou	驐雞
	Hangzhou	鏾雞
	Wenzhou	鏾雞
	Danyang	閹雞
	Ningbo	騸雞、正騸雞
Xiang	Changsha	鏾雞
	Shuangfeng	閹雞公
	Loudi	鏾雞
	Quanzhou	閹雞

Verb

閹雞

1. to castrate a cockerel