金雞

Chinese

		metal; gold; money	fowl; chicken
trad. (金雞/金鷄)		金	雞/鷄
simp. (金鸡)		金	鸡

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīnjī

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣ ㄐㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gam¹ gai¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kim-ke / kim-koe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīnjī
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣ ㄐㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jinji
    • Wade–Giles: chin¹-chi¹
    • Yale: jīn-jī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinji
    • Palladius: цзиньцзи (czinʹczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gam¹ gai¹
    • Yale: gām gāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gam¹ gai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gem¹ gei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐm⁵⁵ kɐi̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kim-ke / kim-koe
    • Tâi-lô: kim-ke / kim-kue
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kimkef, kimkoef
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kim⁴⁴⁻²² ke⁴⁴/, /kim⁴⁴⁻²² kue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kim³³ ke³³/, /kim³³ kue³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kim⁴⁴⁻²² ke⁴⁴/, /kim⁴⁴⁻²² kue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kim⁴⁴⁻³³ ke⁴⁴/, /kim⁴⁴⁻³³ kue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kim⁴⁴⁻³³ ke⁴⁴/, /kim⁴⁴⁻³³ kue⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: kim kej

Rime
Character	金	雞
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	侵 (140)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	IV
Fanqie	居吟切	古奚切
Baxter	kim	kej
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠiɪm/	/kei/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚim/	/kei/
Shao Rongfen	/kiem/	/kɛi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kjim/	/kɛj/
Li Rong	/kjəm/	/kei/
Wang Li	/kĭĕm/	/kiei/
Bernard Karlgren	/ki̯əm/	/kiei/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jīn	jī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gam1	gai1

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 金雞

1. Template:zh-synonym
2. (Chinese mythology) golden rooster; (by extension) rooster that announces the dawn

   金雞報曉／金鸡报晓  ―  jīnjī bàoxiǎo  ―  the cock announces the morning

3. (historical) gold-headed cock on the pole used when announcing amnesty; (figuratively) amnesty
4. (figuratively) sun

Synonyms

(golden pheasant):

• 鷩／𫜁 (bì)
• 錦雞／锦鸡 (jǐnjī)
• 鵔鸃／𱉿𱉌 (jùnyí)
• 鳪雉 (bǔzhì)

Derived terms

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