童子雞

See also: 童子鸡

Chinese

		child, especially a boy; scholar who has not passed the county level imperial exam	fowl; chicken
trad. (童子雞/童子鷄)		童子	雞/鷄
simp. (童子鸡)		童子	鸡

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tóngzǐjī

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄗˇ ㄐㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tung⁴ zi² gai¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tông-chú-koe
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶don-tsy-ci

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tóngzǐjī
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄗˇ ㄐㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tóngzǐhji
    • Wade–Giles: tʻung²-tzŭ³-chi¹
    • Yale: túng-dž-jī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: torngtzyyji
    • Palladius: тунцзыцзи (tunczyczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tung⁴ zi² gai¹
    • Yale: tùhng jí gāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tung⁴ dzi² gai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tung⁴ ji² gei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ²¹ t͡siː³⁵ kɐi̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tông-chú-koe
    • Tâi-lô: tông-tsú-kue
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dongzw'koef
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tɔŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kue⁴⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶don-tsy-ci
    • MiniDict: don^去 tsy ci
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³don-tsr-ji
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /doŋ²² t͡sz̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕi²¹/

Noun

童子雞

1. (dialectal or Taiwan) young chicken
2. (slang, Shanghainese) young man who dates an older woman
3. (slang, Shanghainese) male virgin

Synonyms

• (young chicken): (Mainland China) 筍雞／笋鸡 (sǔnjī); (Hokkien) 雞角仔／鸡角仔 (male), 雞僆仔／鸡𫢪仔 (female)