鬥雞

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See also: 斗鸡

Chinese

		fight; contend; incite fight; contend; incite; meet; encounter	fowl; chicken
trad. (鬥雞/鬥鷄/鬭雞/鬭鷄)		鬥/鬭	雞/鷄
simp. (斗鸡)		斗	鸡

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dòujī

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄡˋ ㄐㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dau³ gai¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dòujī
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄡˋ ㄐㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dòuji
  - Wade–Giles: tou⁴-chi¹
  - Yale: dòu-jī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dowji
  - Palladius: доуцзи (douczi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /toʊ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    豆雞／豆鸡
    鬥雞／斗鸡
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: dau³ gai¹
  - Yale: dau gāi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dau³ gai¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: deo³ gei¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐu̯³³ kɐi̯⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: tuwH kej

Rime
Character	鬥	雞
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	端 (5)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	侯 (137)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	IV
Fanqie	都豆切	古奚切
Baxter	tuwH	kej
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/təu^H/	/kei/
Pan Wuyun	/təu^H/	/kei/
Shao Rongfen	/təu^H/	/kɛi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/təw^H/	/kɛj/
Li Rong	/tu^H/	/kei/
Wang Li	/təu^H/	/kiei/
Bernard Karlgren	/tə̯u^H/	/kiei/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dòu	jī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	dau³	gai¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*tˤok-s kˤe/

(Zhengzhang): /*toːɡs keː/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	鬥	雞
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	dòu	jī
Middle Chinese	‹ tuw^H ›	‹ kej ›
Old Chinese	/*tˁok-s/	/*kˁe/
English	quarrel, wrangle	fowl, chicken
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be -t or -p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鬥	雞
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	2481	13357
Phonetic component	鬥	奚
Rime group	竇	支
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	鬥	雞
Old Chinese	/*toːɡs/	/*keː/

Verb

鬥雞

to cockfight
- 季氏與郈氏鬬雞。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  季氏与郈氏鬬鸡。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
  Jìshì yǔ Hòushì doùjī.
  The lords of Ji and Hou ran a cockfight.

Synonyms

(Hokkien) 相拍雞仔／相拍鸡仔

Noun

鬥雞

gamecock (Classifier: 隻／只 m c)
- 紀渻子為王養鬥雞。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  纪渻子为王养斗鸡。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
  Jìxǐngzǐ wèi wáng yǎng dòujī.
  Ji Xing-zi was rearing a fighting-cock for the king.
cockfighting (Classifier: 場／场 m c)
- 孔子年三十五，而季平子與郈昭伯以鬬雞故得罪魯昭公。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  孔子年三十五，而季平子与郈昭伯以鬬鸡故得罪鲁昭公。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
  Kǒngzǐ nián sānshíwǔ, ér Jì Píngzǐ yǔ Hòu Zhāobó yǐ doùjī gù dézuì Lǔ Zhāogōng.
  When Confucius was thirty-five, Lord Ping of Ji and Lord Zhao of Hou incurred the wrath of Duke Zhao of Lu because of the fallout from a cockfight.

Synonyms

(Hakka) 相打雞／相打鸡
(Hokkien) 相拍雞仔／相拍鸡仔, 相咬雞／相咬鸡

Adjective

鬥雞

(Cantonese) cross-eyed

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