土雞

Chinese

		earth; dust; rural earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian	fowl; chicken
trad. (土雞/土鷄)		土	雞/鷄
simp. (土鸡)		土	鸡

Etymology

“(Internet slang) Turkey”

Phono-semantic matching of English Turkey.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tǔjī

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨˇ ㄐㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tou² gai¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thó͘-koe / thó͘-ke

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tǔjī
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨˇ ㄐㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tǔji
    • Wade–Giles: tʻu³-chi¹
    • Yale: tǔ-jī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuuji
    • Palladius: туцзи (tuczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tou² gai¹
    • Yale: tóu gāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tou² gai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tou² gei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯³⁵ kɐi̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thó͘-koe
    • Tâi-lô: thóo-kue
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tofkoef
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Philippines): /tʰɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kue³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thó͘-ke
    • Tâi-lô: thóo-ke
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tofkef
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ke⁴⁴/

Noun

土雞

1. free-range chicken

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 土雞仔／土鸡仔

Proper noun

土雞

1. (Mainland China, neologism, Internet slang) Turkey (the country)

Synonyms

• 土耳其 (Tǔ'ěrqí)
• (Internet slang) 土雞國／土鸡国