鏾雞

Chinese

		the trigger of a crossbow; crossbow	fowl; chicken
trad. (鏾雞/鏾鷄)		鏾	雞/鷄
simp. (𫔌鸡)		𫔌	鸡
alternative forms		線雞／线鸡 騸雞／骟鸡 Cantonese 𠜎雞／𠜎鸡 Cantonese

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): xian⁴ ji¹

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sin³ gai¹
• Gan (Wiktionary): 'xien⁴ ji¹
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): xiên⁴ gê¹
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): sienn⁴ ji¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: xian⁴ ji¹
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xiangi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiɛn²¹³ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sin³ gai¹
    • Yale: sin gāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sin³ gai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xin³ gei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn³³ kɐi̯⁵⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: 'xien⁴ ji¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˈɕiɛn³⁵ t͡ɕi⁴²/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: xiên⁴ gê¹
    • Sinological IPA: /siɛn⁵³ ke⁴⁴/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: sienn⁴ ji¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /si̯ẽ⁴⁵ t͡ɕi³³/
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /ɕi̯ẽ⁴⁵ t͡ɕi³³/

Noun

鏾雞

1. (dialectal) capon (Classifier: 隻／只 c)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 閹雞 (“capon”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		閹雞
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	閹雞, 騸雞
	Taiwan	閹雞
	Harbin	閹雞
	Shenyang	閹雞
	Singapore	閹雞
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	擇雞
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	騸雞
Lanyin Mandarin	Lanzhou	鏾雞
	Ürümqi	騸雞
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	騸雞, 鏾雞
	Wuhan	鏾雞
	Guiyang	騸雞
	Kunming	鏾雞
	Liuzhou	鏾雞, 閹雞
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	鏾雞
	Yangzhou	鏾雞
	Hefei	鏾雞
Cantonese	Guangzhou	鏾雞, 閹雞
	Hong Kong	鏾雞, 閹雞
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	鏾雞
	Foshan	鏾雞
	Foshan (Shunde)	鏾雞
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	鏾雞
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	閹雞
	Taishan	閹雞
	Kaiping (Chikan)	閹雞
	Dongguan	鏾雞
	Shaoguan	閹雞, 鏾雞
	Yunfu	鏾雞
	Yangjiang	鏾雞
	Xinyi	閹雞, 熟雞
	Lianjiang	閹雞
	Nanning	鏾雞
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	閹雞
Gan	Nanchang	鏾雞
	Lichuan	鏾雞
	Pingxiang	鏾雞, 鏾雞公
Hakka	Meixian	熟雞, 鏾雞, 閹雞
	Xingning	水騷
	Huidong (Daling)	閹雞
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	鏾雞
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	閹雞
	Changting	鏾雞
	Wuping	雞公
	Wuping (Pingyu)	雞公
	Ninghua	落雞
	Yudu	驐雞
	Ruijin	鏾雞
	Shicheng	割雞, 落色雞
	Shangyou (Shexi)	驐雞
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	閹雞
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	閹雞
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	閹雞
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	閹雞
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	閹雞
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	閹雞
	Hong Kong	閹雞
	Senai (Huiyang)	閹雞
Northern Min	Jian'ou	驐雞角
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	驐雞
Southern Min	Xiamen	閹雞
	Quanzhou	閹雞
	Zhangzhou	閹雞
	Taipei	閹雞
	Kaohsiung	閹雞
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	閹雞
	Chaozhou	閹雞
	Shantou	雞閹
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	閹雞
	Leizhou	雞閹
	Wenchang	雞閹
	Haikou	雞閹
	Singapore (Hainanese)	雞閹
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	鏾雞, 閹雞
Wu	Shanghai	驐雞
	Suzhou	驐雞
	Danyang	閹雞
	Hangzhou	鏾雞
	Ningbo	騸雞, 正騸雞
	Wenzhou	鏾雞
Xiang	Changsha	鏾雞
	Loudi	鏾雞
	Shuangfeng	閹雞公
	Quanzhou	閹雞

Pronunciation 2

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sin³ gai¹
• Gan (Wiktionary): xien⁴ 'ji¹
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵shi ¹ci
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): sienn⁴ ji¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sin³ gai¹
    • Yale: sin gāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sin³ gai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xin³ gei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn³³ kɐi̯⁵⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: xien⁴ 'ji¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiɛn³⁵ ˈt͡ɕi⁴²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵shi ¹ci
    • MiniDict: shi^去 ci^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²xi ¹ji
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕi³⁴ t͡ɕi⁵³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: sienn⁴ ji¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /si̯ẽ⁴⁵ t͡ɕi³³/
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /ɕi̯ẽ⁴⁵ t͡ɕi³³/

Verb

鏾⫽雞 (verb-object)

1. (dialectal) to castrate a cockerel