捉黃腳雞

Chinese

		to clutch; to grab; to capture
trad. (捉黃腳雞/捉黃腳鷄)		捉	黃腳雞/黃腳鷄
simp. (捉黄脚鸡)		捉	黄脚鸡

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zuk¹ wong⁴ goek³ gai¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zuk¹ wong⁴ goek³ gai¹
    • Yale: jūk wòhng geuk gāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzuk⁷ wong⁴ goek⁸ gai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zug¹ wong⁴ gêg³ gei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊk̚⁵ wɔːŋ²¹ kœːk̚³ kɐi̯⁵⁵/

Verb

捉黃腳雞

1. (Cantonese) to catch adulterers in the act

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 捉姦 (“to catch adulterers in the act”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		捉姦
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	捉姦
Cantonese	Guangzhou	捉黃腳雞, 捉雞腳
	Hong Kong	捉姦, 捉黃腳雞
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	捉猴
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	捉猴
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	捉猴
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	捉猴
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	捉猴
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	捉猴
Southern Min	Xiamen	掠猴
	Quanzhou	掠猴
	Zhangzhou	掠猴
	Tainan	掠猴