草雞

Chinese

		grass; female; ordinary	fowl; chicken
trad. (草雞/草鷄)		草	雞/鷄
simp. (草鸡)		草	鸡

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cǎojī

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄠˇ ㄐㄧ
Jin (Wiktionary): cau^2-1 ji¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhó-koe
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵tshau-ci

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cǎojī
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄠˇ ㄐㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cǎoji
  - Wade–Giles: tsʻao³-chi¹
  - Yale: tsǎu-jī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaoji
  - Palladius: цаоцзи (caoczi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: cau^2-1 ji¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡sʰau⁵³⁻¹¹ t͡ɕi¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhó-koe
  - Tâi-lô: tshó-kue
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhoy'koef
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰo⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kue³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kue⁴⁴/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵tshau-ci
  - MiniDict: tshau^去 ci
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tshau-ji
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰɔ³³ t͡ɕi⁴⁴/

Noun

草雞

(dialectal Mandarin, Jin, Xiamen and Quanzhou Hokkien, Zhejiang Wu) hen
(dialectal Mandarin) any landrace of chicken in China

Synonyms

(hen):

Dialectal synonyms of 母雞 (“hen”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		牝雞
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		母雞
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	母雞
	Taiwan	母雞
	Ulanhot	母雞
	Tongliao	母雞
	Chifeng	母雞
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	母雞
	Harbin	母雞
	Shenyang	母雞
	Malaysia	母雞
	Singapore	母雞
	Olginsky (Mikhaylovka)	母雞
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	母雞, 草雞
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	母雞
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	母雞
	Wanrong	草雞, 母雞
	Zhengzhou	母雞
	Xi'an	母雞
	Xining	母雞
	Xuzhou	草雞, 母雞
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	母雞
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	母雞
	Bayanhot	母雞, 草雞
	Lanzhou	母雞
	Ürümqi	母雞
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	雞母, 雞婆, 母雞
	Wuhan	母雞, 雞婆
	Guiyang	母雞, 草雞
	Kunming	母雞
	Guilin	母雞
	Liuzhou	母雞
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	母雞
	Yangzhou	母雞
	Nantong	母雞
	Hefei	母雞
	Huanggang	雞婆
Cantonese	Guangzhou	雞乸
	Hong Kong	雞乸
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	雞乸
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	雞乸
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	雞乸
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	雞乸
	Macau	雞乸
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	雞乸
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	雞乸
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	雞乸
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	雞婆, 雞乸
	Foshan	雞乸
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	雞乸
	Foshan (Shunde)	雞乸
	Foshan (Sanshui)	雞乸
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	雞乸
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	雞乸
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	雞乸
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	雞乸
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	雞乸
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	雞乸
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	雞乸
	Taishan	雞乸
	Kaiping (Chikan)	雞乸
	Enping (Niujiang)	雞乸
	Heshan (Yayao)	雞乸
	Dongguan	雞乸
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	雞乸
	Shaoguan	雞乸
	Yunfu	雞乸
	Yangjiang	雞乸
	Xinyi	雞乸
	Lianjiang	雞乸
	Danzhou	母雞
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	雞乸
	Singapore (Guangfu)	雞乸
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	雞乸
	Yangon (Taishan)	雞乸
	Mandalay (Taishan)	雞乸
Gan	Nanchang	雞婆
	Lichuan	雞𡡉
	Pingxiang	雞婆子, 雞婆
Hakka	Meixian	雞嫲
	Xingning	雞嫲
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	雞乸
	Huidong (Daling)	雞嫲
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	雞嫲
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	雞嫲
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	雞嫲
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	雞嫲
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	雞嫲
	Wuhua (Changbu)	雞嫲
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	雞嫲
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	雞嫲
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	雞嫲
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	雞嫲
	Jiexi	雞嫲
	Luhe	雞嫲
	Changting	雞嫲
	Wuping	雞嫲
	Wuping (Pingyu)	雞嫲
	Liancheng	雞嫲
	Ninghua	雞嫲
	Yudu	雞婆
	Ruijin	雞婆
	Shicheng	雞嫲, 雞婆
	Shangyou (Shexi)	雞婆
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	雞嫲
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	雞嫲
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	雞嫲
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	雞嫲
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	雞嫲
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	雞嫲
	Hong Kong	雞嫲
	Hengzhou (Xiaoyi)	雞婆
	Sabah (Longchuan)	雞嫲
	Senai (Huiyang)	雞嫲
	Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)	雞嫲
	Singkawang	雞嫲
Huizhou	Jixi	雞母
	Shexian	雞母
	Huangshan (Tunxi)	雞母, 雞婆
	Xiuning	雞母, 母雞
	Yixian	雞母
	Qimen	雞母
	Wuyuan	雞嫲
	Fuliang	雞母, 母雞
	Dexing	雞母
	Shitai (Xianyu)	雞母
Jin	Taiyuan	草雞, 母雞
	Pingyao	草雞
	Xinzhou	草雞
	Taibus (Baochang)	草雞
	Linhe	草雞
	Jining	草雞
	Hohhot	草雞
	Baotou	草雞
	Dongsheng	草雞
	Haibowan	草雞
Northern Min	Jian'ou	雞嫲
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	雞嫲
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	雞嫲
	Jianyang	雞嫲
	Wuyishan	雞嫲
	Pucheng (Shibei)	雞嫲
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	雞母
	Fuzhou (Changle)	雞母
	Fuqing	雞母
	Yongtai	雞母
	Gutian	雞母
	Fu'an	雞母
	Ningde	雞母
	Shouning	雞母
	Zhouning	雞母
	Fuding	雞母
	Matsu	雞母
Southern Min	Xiamen	雞母, 草雞
	Quanzhou	雞母, 草雞
	Jinjiang	雞母
	Anxi	雞母
	Yongchun	雞母
	Zhangzhou	雞母
	Taipei	雞母
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	雞母
	Kaohsiung	雞母
	Yilan	雞母
	Changhua (Lukang)	雞母
	Taichung	雞母
	Taichung (Wuqi)	雞母
	Tainan	雞母
	Taitung	雞母
	Hsinchu	雞母
	Kinmen	雞母
	Penghu (Magong)	雞母
	Penang (Hokkien)	雞母
	Singapore (Hokkien)	雞母
	Manila (Hokkien)	雞母
	Medan (Hokkien)	雞母
	Chaozhou	雞母
	Shantou	雞母
	Shantou (Chenghai)	雞母
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	雞母
	Jieyang	雞母
	Haifeng	雞母
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	雞母
	Singapore (Teochew)	雞母
	Leizhou	雞母
	Wenchang	雞母
	Haikou	雞母
	Singapore (Hainanese)	雞母
Puxian Min	Putian	雞母
	Xianyou	雞母
	Fuding (Aoyao)	雞母
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	雞母
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	母雞
Shehua	Fu'an	雞娘
	Fuding	雞娘
	Luoyuan	雞娘
	Sanming	雞娘
	Shunchang	雞娘
	Hua'an	雞娘
	Guixi (Zhangping)	雞娘
	Cangnan	雞娘
	Jingning (Hexi)	雞娘
	Lishui	雞娘
	Longyou	雞娘
	Chaozhou	雞娘
	Fengshun	雞娘
Wu	Shanghai	雌雞
	Shanghai (Chongming)	老婆雞
	Suzhou	雌雞
	Wuxi	雌雞
	Danyang	雞婆, 母雞
	Hangzhou	婆雞
	Ningbo	草雞
	Wenzhou	草雞
	Jinhua	草雞, 雞娘
Xiang	Changsha	雞婆
	Xiangtan	雞婆子
	Loudi	雞婆子
	Shuangfeng	雞婆
	Hengyang	雞婆

Adjective

草雞

(dialectal Mandarin) weak; timid; cowardly
警察一來，他立馬兒草雞了。 [dialectal Mandarin, trad.]
警察一来，他立马儿草鸡了。 [dialectal Mandarin, simp.]
Jǐngchá yī lái, tā lìmǎr cǎoji le. [Pinyin]
As soon as the police came, he immediately went chicken.
- 不像夏東海，一遇事兒就草雞了。 [Beijing Mandarin, trad.]
  不像夏东海，一遇事儿就草鸡了。 [Beijing Mandarin, simp.]
  From: 2004, 《家有儿女》, episode 34
  Bù xiàng Xià Dōnghǎi, yī yù shìr jiù cǎoji le. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Pronunciation 2

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chháu-koe

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chháu-koe
  - Tâi-lô: tsháu-kue
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhaw'koef
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kue⁴⁴/

Noun

草雞

(Xiamen Hokkien) katydid (Mecopoda elongata)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 紡織娘 (“katydid (Mecopoda elongata)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		莎雞, 絡緯
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		紡織娘
Taxonomic name		紡織娘
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	紡線婆
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	紡造婆, 紡紗婆
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	紡織娘子
Gan	Nanchang	紡線子
Gan	Pingxiang	紡機婆仔, 紡機婆
Huizhou	Jixi	紡織娘
Southern Min	Xiamen	草雞
Wu	Shanghai	紡織娘, 織布娘
	Shanghai (Chongming)	紡織娘娘
	Suzhou	紡織娘
	Danyang	織機娘娘
	Ningbo	織績蟲, 借借蟲
	Wenzhou	紡車踏
Xiang	Changsha	紡紗婆

Adjective

草雞

(Xiamen Hokkien) fickle in doing things and easily making mistakes (of a person)