雞腸

Chinese

		fowl; chicken	intestines
trad. (雞腸/鷄腸)		雞/鷄	腸
simp. (鸡肠)		鸡	肠

The loopy letters of cursive handwriting look like chicken intestines to Cantonese people who cannot understand English.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīcháng

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧ ㄔㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gai¹ coeng^4-2

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīcháng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧ ㄔㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jicháng
    • Wade–Giles: chi¹-chʻang²
    • Yale: jī-cháng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jicharng
    • Palladius: цзичан (czičan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gai¹ coeng^4-2
    • Yale: gāi chéung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gai¹ tsoeng^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: gei¹ cêng^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐi̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹⁻³⁵/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 雞腸

1. chicken intestines
2. (Cantonese, figurative) foreign language written in the Latin alphabet, especially English

Derived terms

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