雞忘記

Chinese

		fowl; chicken	to forget; to be forgotten
trad. (雞忘記/鷄忘記)		雞/鷄	忘記
simp. (鸡忘记)		鸡	忘记

Etymology

According to folklore, someone who eats it becomes forgetful.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gai¹ mong⁴ gei³

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): gai¹ mong⁵ gei^1*

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gai¹ mong⁴ gei³
    • Yale: gāi mòhng gei
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gai¹ mong⁴ gei³
    • Guangdong Romanization: gei¹ mong⁴ géi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐi̯⁵⁵ mɔːŋ²¹ kei̯³³/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: gai¹ mong⁵ gei^1*
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kai³³ ᵐbɔŋ³² kei³³⁻³³⁵/

Noun

雞忘記

1. (Cantonese, Huicheng dialect, Pinghua, Guangxi Mandarin) spleen of a chicken

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 雞脾 (“spleen of a chicken”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		雞脾
Mandarin	Liuzhou	雞懵懂, 雞忘記
	Nanning (Wuming)	雞忘記
Cantonese	Guangzhou	雞忘記
	Hong Kong	雞忘記
	Taishan	雞忘記
	Dongguan	雞忘記
Hakka	Meixian	雞到帽
	Xingning	雞到帽
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	雞忘記
	Hong Kong	雞到帽, 雞忘記
Southern Min	Shantou	雞腹內
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	雞忘記
Wu	Shanghai (Songjiang)	針線包