打雞血

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

  (Pinyin): dǎ jīxuè, dǎ jīxuě, dǎ jīxiě

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˇ ㄐㄧ ㄒㄩㄝˋ, ㄉㄚˇ ㄐㄧ ㄒㄩㄝˇ, ㄉㄚˇ ㄐㄧ ㄒㄧㄝˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daa² gai¹ hyut³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dǎ jīxuè
    • 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: dǎ jīxuě
    • 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: dǎ jīxiě
    • 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⁾/
• 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/

Verb

打⫽雞血 (verb-object)

1. (idiomatic, figurative) to suddenly become hyperactive, high-spirited or aggressive

Derived terms

• 雞娃 / 鸡娃 (jīwá)