棉花雞

See also: 棉花鸡

Chinese

		cotton; Mianhua Islet	fowl; chicken
trad. (棉花雞/棉花鷄)		棉花	雞/鷄
simp. (棉花鸡)		棉花	鸡

Etymology

棉花 (miánhuā) refers to the fish maw, which resembles a piece of cotton.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): miánhuājī

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄐㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): min⁴ faa¹ gai¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: miánhuājī
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄐㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: miánhuaji
    • Wade–Giles: mien²-hua¹-chi¹
    • Yale: myán-hwā-jī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mianhuaji
    • Palladius: мяньхуацзи (mjanʹxuaczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɛn³⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: min⁴ faa¹ gai¹
    • Yale: mìhn fā gāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: min⁴ faa¹ gai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: min⁴ fa¹ gei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miːn²¹ faː⁵⁵ kɐi̯⁵⁵/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 棉花雞

1. steamed chicken with fish maw (a common dim sum dish)

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