雞胿

Chinese

		fowl; chicken
trad. (雞胿/鷄胿)		雞/鷄	胿
simp. (鸡胿)		鸡	胿

Pronunciation

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kiê-kôi
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): koe-kui / ke-kui

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• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiê-kôi
    • Hakka Romanization System: gie^ˊ goi^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gie¹ goi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ki̯e²⁴⁻¹¹ koi̯²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen, Kinmen, Magong)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koe-kui
    • Tâi-lô: kue-kui
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koe'kuy
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kue³³ kui³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Kinmen): /kue⁴⁴⁻²² kui⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kue⁴⁴⁻³³ kui⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ke-kui
    • Tâi-lô: ke-kui
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ke'kuy
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ke⁴⁴⁻³³ kui⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ke⁴⁴⁻²² kui⁴⁴/

Noun

雞胿

1. (Hakka, Southern Min) crop (of a bird)
2. (Mainland China Hokkien, dated) a kind of smoke hood used on a desklamp
3. (Zhangzhou, Kinmenese and Penghu Hokkien, Teochew) balloon

Synonyms

• (crop): 嗉囊 (sùnáng), 嗉子 (sùzi); (Hakka, Eastern Min) 雞胲／鸡胲; (Jin) 化食膽／化食胆
• (smoke hood): (Min Nan) 蔥管／葱管
• (balloon): 氣球／气球 (qìqiú); (Hokkien) 雞胿仔／鸡胿仔

Derived terms

• 歕雞胿 / 𬅫鸡胿 (pûn-ke-kui) (Min Nan)

 

References

• “Entry #12733”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.