打雞血
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Chinese
beat; strike; break beat; strike; break; mix up; build; fight; fetch; make; tie up; issue; shoot; calculate; since; from; dozen |
chicken blood | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (打雞血/打鷄血) | 打 | 雞血/鷄血 | |
| simp. (打鸡血) | 打 | 鸡血 | |
| Literally: “to have an injection of chicken blood”. | |||
Etymology
From the name of a pseudomedical therapy popular in China during the Cultural Revolution.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˇ ㄐㄧ ㄒㄩㄝˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: dǎ jisyuè
- Wade–Giles: ta3 chi1-hsüeh4
- Yale: dǎ jī-sywè
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daa jishiueh
- Palladius: да цзисюэ (da czisjue)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tä²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi⁵⁵ ɕy̯ɛ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˇ ㄐㄧ ㄒㄩㄝˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: dǎ jisyuě
- Wade–Giles: ta3 chi1-hsüeh3
- Yale: dǎ jī-sywě
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daa jisheue
- Palladius: да цзисюэ (da czisjue)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tä²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi⁵⁵ ɕy̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; colloquial in Mainland)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˇ ㄐㄧ ㄒㄧㄝˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: dǎ jisiě
- Wade–Giles: ta3 chi1-hsieh3
- Yale: dǎ jī-syě
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daa jishiee
- Palladius: да цзисе (da czise)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tä²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: daa2 gai1 hyut3
- Yale: dá gāi hyut
- Cantonese Pinyin: daa2 gai1 hyt8
- Guangdong Romanization: da2 gei1 hüd3
- Sinological IPA (key): /taː³⁵ kɐi̯⁵⁵ hyːt̚³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Verb
打⫽雞血 (verb-object)
- (idiomatic, figurative) to suddenly become hyperactive, high-spirited or aggressive