雞嘢

Chinese

		fowl; chicken	(Cantonese) thing
trad. (雞嘢/鷄嘢)		雞/鷄	嘢
simp. (鸡嘢)		鸡	嘢

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gai¹ je⁵

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gai¹ je⁵
    • Yale: gāi yéh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gai¹ je⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: gei¹ yé⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐi̯⁵⁵ jɛː¹³/

Noun

雞嘢

1. (Cantonese, colloquial) Classifier for money: yuan; dollar; buck

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 元 (“yuan; dollar”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		圓, 元
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	塊1
	Taiwan	塊1
	Harbin	塊1
	Malaysia	塊1
	Singapore	塊1
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	塊1
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	塊1
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	塊1
	Wanrong	塊1
	Xi'an	塊1
	Xining	塊1
	Xuzhou	塊1
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	塊1
	Lanzhou	塊1
	Ürümqi	塊1
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	塊1
	Wuhan	塊1
	Guiyang	塊1
	Guilin	塊1
	Liuzhou	塊1
	Nanning (Wuming)	塊1
	Shanglin (Sanli)	塊1
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	塊1
	Yangzhou	塊1
	Hefei	塊1
Cantonese	Guangzhou	蚊, 蚊雞, 雞士, 個, 銀, 度嘢
	Hong Kong	蚊, 蚊雞, 雞士, 雞, 個, 銀, 雞嘢, 皮
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	蚊
	Macau	蚊
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	蚊
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	蚊
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	蚊
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	蚊
	Foshan	蚊
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	文
	Foshan (Shunde)	蚊
	Foshan (Sanshui)	蚊雞
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	蚊雞
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	蚊
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	蚊
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	蚊
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	蚊
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	蚊
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	蚊
	Taishan	蚊
	Kaiping (Chikan)	蚊
	Enping (Niujiang)	蚊
	Heshan (Yayao)	蚊
	Dongguan	蚊, 蚊雞
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	蚊
	Qingyuan	蚊
	Fogang	蚊
	Yingde (Hanguang)	蚊
	Yangshan	蚊
	Lianshan (Butian)	蚊
	Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui)	蚊
	Shaoguan	蚊
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	蚊
	Renhua	蚊雞
	Lechang	蚊
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	蚊
	Sihui	蚊雞
	Deqing	蚊
	Huaiji	蚊
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	蚊
	Yunfu	蚊
	Xinxing	蚊
	Luoding	蚊
	Yunan (Pingtai)	蚊
	Yangjiang	蚊, 個
	Lianjiang	蚊
	Nanning	蚊
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	蚊
	Qinzhou	蚊
	Beihai	蚊
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	蚊
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	蚊
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	蚊
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	箍, 蚊
	Penang (Guangfu)	蚊
	Singapore (Guangfu)	蚊, 箍
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	蚊
	Móng Cái	蚊
Gan	Nanchang	塊1
	Lichuan	塊1
	Pingxiang	塊1
Hakka	Meixian	塊1
	Xingning	吊
	Yudu	塊1
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	個
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	個
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	個
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	個
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	個
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	銀, 箍
	Hong Kong	塊1, 蚊
	Sabah (Longchuan)	箍
	Senai (Huiyang)	箍
	Kuching (Hepo)	箍
	Singkawang	盾
	Singapore (Dabu)	箍
Huizhou	Jixi	塊1
Jin	Taiyuan	塊1
	Xinzhou	塊1
Northern Min	Jian'ou	塊2
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	塊2
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	塊2
	Pucheng (Shibei)	塊2
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	塊2
	Fuqing	塊2
	Matsu	塊2
Southern Min	Xiamen	箍
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	箍
	Quanzhou	箍
	Shishi	箍
	Zhangzhou	箍
	Zhao'an	箍
	Dongshan	箍
	Taipei	箍
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	箍
	Kaohsiung	箍
	Yilan	箍
	Changhua (Lukang)	箍
	Taichung	箍
	Tainan	箍
	Hsinchu	箍
	Kinmen	箍
	Penghu (Magong)	箍
	Penang (Hokkien)	箍
	Singapore (Hokkien)	箍
	Manila (Hokkien)	箍
	Chaozhou	銀, 箍, 個, 個銀
	Shantou	銀, 個, 箍 dated, 個銀
	Shantou (Chenghai)	銀
	Jieyang	個, 個銀
	Haifeng	個銀
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	箍
	Singapore (Teochew)	箍, 個銀
	Leizhou	個
	Wenchang	銀, 個
	Haikou	個銀, 銀
	Qionghai	銀
	Singapore (Hainanese)	箍
Puxian Min	Putian	個
	Xianyou	個
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	蚊
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	蚊, 蚊雞
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	塊1
Wu	Shanghai	塊1
	Shanghai (Chongming)	塊1
	Suzhou	塊1
	Danyang	塊1
	Hangzhou	塊1
	Wenzhou	個
	Jinhua	塊1
Xiang	Changsha	塊1
	Loudi	塊1
	Shuangfeng	塊1
	Quanzhou	塊1