烏雞
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Chinese
a crow; black; not a crow; black; not; empty; void |
fowl; chicken | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (烏雞/烏鷄) | 烏 | 雞/鷄 | |
| simp. (乌鸡) | 乌 | 鸡 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): wu1 gai1
- Southern Min
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄨ ㄐㄧ
- Tongyong Pinyin: wuji
- Wade–Giles: wu1-chi1
- Yale: wū-jī
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uji
- Palladius: уцзи (uczi)
- Sinological IPA (key): /u⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
- Homophones:
污跡 / 污迹
烏雞 / 乌鸡
- (Standard Chinese)
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: wu1 gai1
- Yale: wū gāi
- Cantonese Pinyin: wu1 gai1
- Guangdong Romanization: wu1 gei1
- Sinological IPA (key): /wuː⁵⁵ kɐi̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: o͘-koe
- Tâi-lô: oo-kue
- Phofsit Daibuun: o'koef
- IPA (Quanzhou): /ɔ³³ kue³³/
- IPA (Xiamen): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻²² kue⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: o͘-ke
- Tâi-lô: oo-ke
- Phofsit Daibuun: o'kef
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻²² ke⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: ou1 goi1
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ou koi
- Sinological IPA (key): /ou³³⁻²³ koi³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
Note: Chaoyang.
Noun
烏雞
- silkie; black-boned chicken (a breed of chicken whose meat is highly valued in Chinese cuisine)
- black spots on clothes or fabrics caused by mold or mildew due to dampness or moisture