雞籠

Chinese

		fowl; chicken	basket; cage
trad. (雞籠/鷄籠)		雞/鷄	籠
simp. (鸡笼)		鸡	笼

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): jīlóng

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄌㄨㄥˊ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ji¹ nong²
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gai¹ lung⁴

(Taishan, Wiktionary): gai¹ luung^3-4
Northern Min (KCR): gái-lô̤ng
Eastern Min (BUC): giĕ-lè̤ng
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): koe-láng / ke-lang
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹ci-lon

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jīlóng
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄌㄨㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jilóng
  - Wade–Giles: chi¹-lung²
  - Yale: jī-lúng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jilong
  - Palladius: цзилун (czilun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ lʊŋ³⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: ji¹ nong²
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: gi lung
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ noŋ²¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gai¹ lung⁴
  - Yale: gāi lùhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gai¹ lung⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: gei¹ lung⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐi̯⁵⁵ lʊŋ²¹/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: gai¹ luung^3-4
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kai³³ lɵŋ²²⁻²¹/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: gái-lô̤ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kai⁵⁴ lɔŋ³³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: giĕ-lè̤ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kie⁵⁵ l̃øyŋ⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koe-láng
  - Tâi-lô: kue-láng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koelarng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kue⁴⁴⁻²² laŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kue³³ laŋ⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ke-lang
  - Tâi-lô: ke-lang
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kelafng
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ke⁴⁴⁻²² laŋ⁴⁴/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹ci-lon
  - MiniDict: ci^平 lon
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹ji-lon
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ loŋ²¹/

Noun

雞籠

chicken coop; henhouse

Synonyms

(Sichuan) 雞籠籠／鸡笼笼
(Hokkien) 雞罱／鸡罱, 雞庵／鸡庵, 雞罩／鸡罩

Etymology 2

Likely from Ketangalan ke- (“locative prefix; domain marker”), cognate to Tagalog ka- -an (“locative circumfix”), Indonesian ke- -an, Malay ke- -an, with the noun root of the compound replaced with Hokkien 儂／侬 (lâng, “person”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Jīlóng

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄌㄨㄥˊ
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): Ke-lâng / Koe-lâng

(Teochew, Peng'im): goi¹ lang⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Jīlóng
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄌㄨㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Jilóng
  - Wade–Giles: Chi¹-lung²
  - Yale: Jī-lúng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jilong
  - Palladius: Цзилун (Czilun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ lʊŋ³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ke-lâng
  - Tâi-lô: Ke-lâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kelaang
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ke⁴⁴⁻³³ laŋ²³/
- (Hokkien: Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Koe-lâng
  - Tâi-lô: Kue-lâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koelaang
  - IPA (Taipei): /kue⁴⁴⁻³³ laŋ²⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: goi¹ lang⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: koi lâng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /koi³³⁻²³ laŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

雞籠

(chiefly historical, still common in Southern Min) Alternative name for 基隆 (Jīlóng).

Descendants

→ English: Chi-lung, Keelung

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 雞籠 *– see 雞罱 (“(Min Nan) chicken coop; henhouse”).* (This term is a variant form of 雞罱).