Chinese Word: 鸡 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

鸡 (Trad.: 雞)HSK 2

Pinyin: jī

English Definition: fowl; chicken; Classifiers: 只 ; (slang) prostitute

Chinese Definition:
①家禽，品种很多，翅膀短，不能高飞；雄性啼能报晓，雌性生的蛋是好食品：公鸡。母鸡。鸡雏。

Total strokes: 7; Radical: 鳥

Ideographic:Another 又 kind of bird 鸟

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鸡蛋HSK 2	jī dàn	(chicken) egg; hen's egg; Classifiers: 个
公鸡	gōng jī	cock; rooster
肉鸡	ròu jī	chicken raised for meat; broiler; (computing) zombie; infected computer in a botnet
鸡毛	jī máo	chicken feather; Classifiers: 根 ; trivial
雄鸡	xióng jī	rooster

1		wǒ 我 xiǎng 想 chī 吃 kǎo jī 烤鸡。 I want to eat grilled chicken.
2		wǒ yào mǎi 我要买 yī 一 dǎ jī dàn 打鸡蛋。 I want to buy a dozen eggs.
3		zhè 这 shì 是 sì 四 zhǐ 只 gōng jī 公鸡。 These are four roosters.
4		nǐ 你 xiǎng 想 chī 吃 jǐ ge 几个 jī dàn 鸡蛋？ How many eggs would you like to eat?
5		mǔ jī 母鸡 zhèng zài 正在 fū huà 孵化 jī dàn 鸡蛋。 The hen is incubating the eggs.

1		wǒ 我 xiǎng 想 chī 吃 kǎo jī 烤鸡。 I want to eat grilled chicken.
2		wǒ yào mǎi 我要买 yī 一 dǎ jī dàn 打鸡蛋。 I want to buy a dozen eggs.
3		zhè 这 shì 是 sì 四 zhǐ 只 gōng jī 公鸡。 These are four roosters.
4		nǐ 你 xiǎng 想 chī 吃 jǐ ge 几个 jī dàn 鸡蛋？ How many eggs would you like to eat?
5		mǔ jī 母鸡 zhèng zài 正在 fū huà 孵化 jī dàn 鸡蛋。 The hen is incubating the eggs.