吃雞
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Chinese
| to eat | fowl; chicken | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (吃雞/吃鷄) | 吃 | 雞/鷄 | |
| simp. (吃鸡) | 吃 | 鸡 | |
| Literally: “to eat chicken”. | |||
Etymology
Short for 大吉大利，晚上吃雞／大吉大利，晚上吃鸡, a calque of English winner, winner, chicken dinner used in the 2017 videogame PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄔ ㄐㄧ
- Tongyong Pinyin: chihji
- Wade–Giles: chʻih1-chi1
- Yale: chr̄-jī
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyji
- Palladius: чицзи (čiczi)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: hek3 gai1
- Yale: hek gāi
- Cantonese Pinyin: hek8 gai1
- Guangdong Romanization: hég3 gei1
- Sinological IPA (key): /hɛːk̚³ kɐi̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Verb
吃⫽雞 (verb-object) (intransitive)
- (Mandarin, neologism, slang) to win in a game of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds or other similar video games
- (Mandarin, neologism, slang) to play PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds or other similar video games
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 吃, 雞／鸡 (jī).
Synonyms
Noun
吃雞
- (Mandarin, neologism, nickname) PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds or other similar video games
Synonyms
Related terms
- Japanese: ドン勝 (don-katsu)