割雞

See also: 割鸡

Chinese

		cut off	fowl; chicken
trad. (割雞/割鷄)		割	雞/鷄
simp. (割鸡)		割	鸡

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gējī

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄜ ㄐㄧ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gējī
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄜ ㄐㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: geji
    • Wade–Giles: ko¹-chi¹
    • Yale: gē-jī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: geji
    • Palladius: гэцзи (gɛczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɤ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/

Verb

割雞

1. to kill a chicken
2. (figurative) to deal with a minor issue

Derived terms

• 割雞焉用牛刀／割鸡焉用牛刀 (gējī yān yòng niúdāo)
• 牛刀割雞／牛刀割鸡