黑雞

Chinese

		black; dark; Heilongjiang Province (abbrev.)	fowl; chicken
trad. (黑雞/黑鷄)		黑	雞/鷄
simp. (黑鸡)		黑	鸡

Pronunciation

• Jin (Wiktionary): heh⁴ ji¹

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• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: heh⁴ ji¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /xəʔ²⁻⁵⁴ t͡ɕi¹¹/

Noun

黑雞

1. (Jin) silkie; black-boned chicken (a breed of chicken whose meat is highly valued in Chinese cuisine)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 烏雞 (“silkie”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		烏雞, 烏骨雞, 泰和雞
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	烏骨雞
	Singapore	烏雞
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	烏雞
Lanyin Mandarin	Lanzhou	烏雞
Southwestern Mandarin	Guiyang	烏骨雞
	Liuzhou	烏骨雞
	Nanning (Wuming)	烏雞, 黑肉雞
Cantonese	Guangzhou	竹絲雞
	Hong Kong	竹絲雞
	Dongguan	竹絲雞, 烏肉雞
	Nanning	竹絲雞, 黑肉雞
	Nanning (Tanka)	烏雞, 竹絲雞
Hakka	Meixian	熊雞
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian)	烏骨雞
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	烏骨雞
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	烏骨雞
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	烏骨雞
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	烏骨雞
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	烏骨雞
Jin	Taiyuan	黑雞
Northern Min	Jian'ou	烏肉雞
Southern Min	Xiamen	烏雞, 白絨雞, 烏絨雞
	Quanzhou	烏雞, 白絨雞
	Zhangzhou	烏雞, 白絨雞
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	烏骨雞
	Kaohsiung	烏骨雞
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	烏骨雞
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	烏骨雞
	Yilan (Luodong)	烏骨雞
	Yilan (Toucheng)	烏骨雞
	Changhua (Yongjing)	烏骨雞
	Tainan	烏骨雞
	Tainan (Anping)	烏骨雞
	Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng)	烏骨雞
	Penghu (Xiyu)	烏骨雞
	Singapore (Hokkien)	烏雞, 烏骨雞
	Leizhou	烏雞
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	黑肉雞
Wu	Suzhou	烏骨雞
	Hangzhou	烏骨雞
	Wenzhou	細毛雞, 烏骨雞