鐵公雞

See also: 铁公鸡

Chinese

		iron	cock; rooster
trad. (鐵公雞)		鐵	公雞
simp. (铁公鸡)		铁	公鸡

Etymology

First part of the xiehouyu 鐵公雞——一毛不拔 (literally “iron rooster—not a feather 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
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tiěgongji
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰjɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: tit³ gung¹ gai¹
    • Yale: tit gūng gāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tit⁸ gung¹ gai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tid³ gung¹ gei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːt̚³ kʊŋ⁵⁵ kɐi̯⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: thiq kon ji (T4)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɪʔ³³ kʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi²¹/

Noun

鐵公雞

1. (xiehouyu, figuratively) cheapskate; scrooge (Classifier: 個／个 m c)

   • 搞了半天，謝師宴是請我來這個小麪店吃東西呀！你真是個鐵公雞，那不是便宜你了嗎？ [MSC, trad.]
     搞了半天，谢师宴是请我来这个小面店吃东西呀！你真是个铁公鸡，那不是便宜你了吗？ [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2010, 馬翠蘿, 《星月童話·遇上百分百王子》, page 132

     Gǎo le bàntiān, xièshīyàn shì qǐng wǒ lái zhège xiǎo miàndiàn chī dōngxi ya! Nǐ zhēn shì ge tiěgōngjī, nà bùshì piányi nǐ le ma? [Pinyin]

     After all this, you're just going to treat me to something at this small noodle shop as the teacher appreciation banquet! You're such a cheapskate. Isn't this letting you off too easily?

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 吝嗇鬼 (“miser”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		吝嗇鬼, 小氣鬼, 鐵公雞
Mandarin	Beijing	小摳兒, 死摳兒, 鐵公雞
	Harbin	小摳兒, 小氣鬼
	Jinan	小氣鬼, 鐵公雞
	Muping	小摳摳兒
	Luoyang	小摳兒, 鐵公雞, 琉璃公雞蘸皮膠
	Wanrong	小氣鬼, 鐵公雞
	Xi'an	嗇皮甲甲子, 嗇皮, 鐵公雞
	Xining	摳皮蟲兒, 老摳, 摳摳
	Xuzhou	搜摳兒, 搜屄摳兒, 小氣鬼兒, 小氣鬼, 小摳兒
	Yinchuan	小氣毛, 嗇鱉
	Lanzhou	嗇皮鬼, 小氣鬼
	Ürümqi	嗇皮鬼, 嗇皮, 老嗇皮, 老摳兒
	Wuhan	小氣鬼, 慳蛋
	Chengdu	嗇家子, 苟夾夾, 吝嗇鬼
	Guiyang	夾摳客, 摳摳客, 摳神
	Liuzhou	鐵公雞
	Yangzhou	小氣鬼子, 嗇巴子, 嗇屄苛子
	Nanjing	嗇皮乾兒, 嗇乾兒, 嗇兒鬼, 摳頭兒
Cantonese	Guangzhou	鐸叔, 孤寒鐸, 孤寒種, 孤寒鬼
	Hong Kong	鐸叔, 孤寒鐸, 孤寒種, 孤寒鬼
	Dongguan	鐸叔, 孤寒種, 孤寒蟲, 孤寒鬼
Gan	Nanchang	嗇鬼, 嗇屄
	Lichuan	慳吝鬼
Hakka	Meixian	齧鬼
	Yudu	熱雪鬼
Huizhou	Jixi	小毛鬼, 小氣鬼, 鐵公雞
Jin	Taiyuan	圪沁頭, 圪縮鬼, 小氣鬼
	Xinzhou	把家猴
Min Bei	Jian'ou	嗇鄙鬼
Min Dong	Fuzhou	貽順哥, 奸狡利
Min Nan	Xiamen	枵鬼儂, 貓𡳞儂, 㾀屎儂
	Quanzhou	枵鬼儂
	Zhangzhou	枵鬼儂
	Tainan	竭仔哥, 竭仔頭, 凍霜仔鬼
	Haikou	鹹澀鬼
	Leizhou	刺麻傍
Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	小氣鬼
Wu	Shanghai	小氣鬼, 密屑鬼, 刮皮鬼, 鐵公雞
	Suzhou	掐煞鬼, 嗇客
	Hangzhou	小氣鬼, 小氣鬼兒, 鐵公雞
	Wenzhou	小氣屄, 貓兒屄, 貓屄客, 臭皮蛋
	Chongming	小氣精
	Danyang	嗇掐鬼, 小氣鬼
	Jinhua	小氣鬼, 刻嗇鬼
	Ningbo	小氣屄, 刮皮鬼
Xiang	Changsha	摳鬼
	Loudi	小相鬼