雞苗

Chinese

		fowl; chicken	sprout; seedling; descendant sprout; seedling; descendant; symptom of a trend; young; vaccine; Miao tribe
trad. (雞苗/鷄苗)		雞/鷄	苗
simp. (鸡苗)		鸡	苗

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīmiáo

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧ ㄇㄧㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gai¹ miu⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīmiáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧ ㄇㄧㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jimiáo
    • Wade–Giles: chi¹-miao²
    • Yale: jī-myáu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jimiau
    • Palladius: цзимяо (czimjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ mi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gai¹ miu⁴
    • Yale: gāi mìuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gai¹ miu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gei¹ miu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐi̯⁵⁵ miːu̯²¹/

Noun

雞苗

1. day-old chick

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 小雞 (“chick; young chicken”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		雛, 雞子
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		雛雞
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	小雞兒
	Taiwan	小雞
	Harbin	雞崽兒
	Shenyang	雞崽兒
	Singapore	小雞
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	小雞兒
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	小雞兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	雞娃兒
	Wanrong	雞娃
	Xi'an	雞娃兒, 雞娃子
	Xining	雞娃兒, 雞雞
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	雞娃子, 雞娃兒
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	雞娃娃, 雞娃子
	Lanzhou	雞娃子
	Ürümqi	雞娃子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	小雞兒, 小雞, 雞娃兒, 雞娃子, 雞兒, 雞崽崽, 小雞娃, 小雞娃兒
	Wuhan	小雞, 雞娃, 小雞娃, 小雞子
	Guiyang	小雞兒, 雞兒, 小雞崽, 雞崽
	Kunming	小雞
	Liuzhou	雞崽
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	小秧雞, 小雞, 絨雞 suburbs
	Yangzhou	小雞子, 小羊雞子
	Nantong	小雞兒
	Hefei	小雞
Cantonese	Guangzhou	雞仔
	Hong Kong	雞仔
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	雞仔
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	雞仔
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	雞仔
	Taishan	雞仔
	Dongguan	雞仔
	Yangjiang	雞仔
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	雞仔
	Singapore (Guangfu)	雞仔
	Yangon (Taishan)	雞仔
	Mandalay (Taishan)	雞仔
Gan	Nanchang	雞崽子
	Lichuan	雞崽兒
	Pingxiang	雞崽子
Hakka	Meixian	細雞仔, 細雞
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	雞仔
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	雞仔哩
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	小雞
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	雞仔
	Wengyuan	細雞子
	Liannan	雞仔
	Jiexi	雞子
	Luhe	細雞仔
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	雞子
	Changting	細雞子
	Wuping (Yanqian)	細雞子
	Ninghua	雞仔
	Yudu	尒雞子, 雞子
	Ningdu	細雞子
	Tonggu (Sandu)	雞仔
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	雞仔子
	Dayu	雞仔哩
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	雞子, 細雞子
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	雞㸰仔, 細雞子
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	雞子, 細雞子
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	雞子, 細雞子
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	雞子, 細雞子
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	雞么
	Hong Kong	雞仔
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	雞子
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	雞仔
	Xinyi (Sihe)	雞仔
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	雞仔
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	雞仔
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	雞卒
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	雞子
	Lianjiang (Qingping)	雞子
	Mengshan (Xihe)	雞仔
	Luchuan	雞妮
	Sabah (Longchuan)	雞仔
	Senai (Huiyang)	雞仔
	Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)	細雞仔
Huizhou	Jixi	細雞
Jin	Taiyuan	小雞兒, 小雞, 雞娃子
	Xinzhou	小雞兒
Northern Min	Jian'ou	雞仔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	雞囝
	Fuqing	雞囝
	Matsu	雞囝
Southern Min	Xiamen	雞仔囝, 雞仔, 雞桃
	Quanzhou	雞仔, 雞豚仔
	Jinjiang	雞仔
	Yongchun	雞囝
	Zhangzhou	雞仔囝, 雞仔, 雞桃, 雞桃仔
	Taipei	雞仔囝
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	雞仔囝
	Kaohsiung	雞仔囝
	Yilan	雞仔囝
	Changhua (Lukang)	雞仔囝
	Taichung	雞仔囝
	Taichung (Wuqi)	雞仔囝
	Tainan	雞仔囝
	Taitung	雞仔囝
	Hsinchu	雞仔囝
	Kinmen	雞仔囝
	Penghu (Magong)	雞仔囝
	Penang (Hokkien)	雞囝
	Singapore (Hokkien)	雞囝
	Manila (Hokkien)	雞仔
	Medan (Hokkien)	雞囝
	Chaozhou	雞囝
	Bangkok (Teochew)	雞囝
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	雞囝
	Singapore (Teochew)	雞囝
	Haikou	雞囝
	Singapore (Hainanese)	雞囝
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	雞崽, 細雞
Wu	Shanghai	小雞
	Shanghai (Chongming)	小雞
	Suzhou	小雞
	Danyang	小雞
	Hangzhou	小雞兒
	Ningbo	小雞
	Wenzhou	雞兒
	Jinhua	小雞, 小雞兒
Xiang	Changsha	雞崽子
	Loudi	雞崽唧
	Shuangfeng	雞崽基

References

• day-old chick 雞苗- 中英雙語時事詞彙