土雞
Chinese
earth; dust; rural earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian |
fowl; chicken | ||
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trad. (土雞/土鷄) | 土 | 雞/鷄 | |
simp. (土鸡) | 土 | 鸡 |
Etymology
- “(Internet slang) Turkey”
- Loosely from English Turkey, wordplayingly morphed to a pre-existing expression.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄨˇ ㄐㄧ
- Tongyong Pinyin: tǔji
- Wade–Giles: tʻu3-chi1
- Yale: tǔ-jī
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuuji
- Palladius: туцзи (tuczi)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: tou2 gai1
- Yale: tóu gāi
- Cantonese Pinyin: tou2 gai1
- Guangdong Romanization: tou2 gei1
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰou̯³⁵ kɐi̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
(deprecated template usage) 土雞
Proper noun
(deprecated template usage) 土雞
- (Mainland China, neologism, Internet slang) Turkey (the country)
Synonyms
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