糯米雞

See also: 糯米鸡

Chinese

		glutinous rice; sticky rice	fowl; chicken
trad. (糯米雞/糯米鷄)		糯米	雞/鷄
simp. (糯米鸡)		糯米	鸡

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nuòmǐjī

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄨㄛˋ ㄇㄧˇ ㄐㄧ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): no⁶ mai⁵ gai¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): no⁵ mai² gai¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nuòmǐjī
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄨㄛˋ ㄇㄧˇ ㄐㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nuòmǐji
    • Wade–Giles: no⁴-mi³-chi¹
    • Yale: nwò-mǐ-jī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nuohmiiji
    • Palladius: номицзи (nomiczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nu̯ɔ⁵¹ mi²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: no⁶ mai⁵ gai¹
    • Yale: noh máih gāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: no⁶ mai⁵ gai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: no⁶ mei⁵ gei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɔː²² mɐi̯¹³ kɐi̯⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: no⁵ mai² gai¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ⁿdᵘɔ³² ᵐbai⁵⁵ kai³³/

糯米雞

Noun

糯米雞

1. lo mai gai (a common dim sum dish; steamed glutinous rice wrapped in lotus leaf) (Classifier: 隻／只 c)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 糯米雞 (“lo mai gai”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		糯米雞
Northeastern Mandarin	Singapore	糯米雞
Cantonese	Guangzhou	糯米雞
	Hong Kong	糯米雞
	Taishan	糯米雞
	Dongguan	糯米雞
	Singapore (Guangfu)	糯米雞
Southern Min	Xiamen	秫米雞
	Penang (Hokkien)	糯米雞

Related terms

• 珍珠雞／珍珠鸡 (zhēnzhūjī)

Descendants

• → English: lo mai gai, loh mai kai