雞胇

Chinese

		fowl; chicken
trad. (雞胇/鷄胇)		雞/鷄	胇
simp. (鸡胇)		鸡	胇
alternative forms		雞佛／鸡佛

Etymology

From Hokkien 雞核 / 鸡核.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīfó

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧ ㄈㄛˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīfó
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧ ㄈㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jifó
    • Wade–Giles: chi¹-fo²
    • Yale: jī-fwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jifor
    • Palladius: цзифо (czifo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ fu̯ɔ³⁵/

Noun

雞胇

1. (Taiwanese Mandarin) rooster's testicle

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 雞睪 (“rooster's testicle”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		雞睪丸, 雞睪
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	雞胇, 雞腩胇, 雞腰
Cantonese	Guangzhou	雞子
	Hong Kong	雞子
	Dongguan	雞子
Hakka	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	雞核
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	雞核卵
	Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian)	雞核仔
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian)	雞核仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	雞核仔
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	雞核仔
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	雞核仔
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	雞核仔
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	雞核
Southern Min	Zhao'an	雞核
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	雞𡳞核, 雞核仔
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	雞核仔
	Kaohsiung	雞𡳞核, 雞核
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	雞𡳞核
	Yilan (Toucheng)	雞𡳞核仔, 雞腰
	Tainan (Anping)	雞核
	Penghu (Xiyu)	雞核
	Chaozhou	雞核