鐵公雞

See also: 铁公鸡

Contents

Chinese

		iron	cock; rooster
trad. (鐵公雞)		鐵	公雞
simp. (铁公鸡)		铁	公鸡
Literally: “iron rooster (i.e. difficult to pluck)”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiěgōngjī

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄐㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tit³ gung¹ gai¹
• Wu (Wiktionary): thiq kon ji (T4)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: tiěgōngjī
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄐㄧ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tiiegongji
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: tit³ gung¹ gai¹
    • Yale: tit gūng gāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tit⁸ gung¹ gai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tid³ gung¹ gei¹
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰiːt̚³ kʊŋ⁵⁵ kɐi̯⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: thiq kon ji (T4)
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɪʔ³³ kʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi²¹/

Noun

鐵公雞

1. (slang) cheapskate; scrooge

Synonyms

• 小氣鬼／小气鬼 (xiǎoqìguǐ)

See also

• 一毛不拔 (yīmáobùbá)