火雞
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See also: 火鸡
Chinese[edit]
fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving |
fowl; chicken | ||
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trad. (火雞/火鷄) | 火 | 雞/鷄 | |
simp. (火鸡) | 火 | 鸡 | |
Literally: “fire chicken”. |
Etymology[edit]
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Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
火雞
- turkey (Meleagris)
- cassowary (Casuarius)
- (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien, figurative) busybody; meddler
- (Xiamen, Quanzhou and Zhangzhou Hokkien) soldering tool
- (Guangxi Yue) lighter
Synonyms[edit]
- (turkey):
Dialectal synonyms of 火雞 (“turkey”) [map]
Variety | Location | Words |
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Classical Chinese | 鷊 | |
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 火雞, 吐綬雞 | |
Taxonomic name | 火雞, 吐綬雞 | |
Mandarin | Beijing | 外國雞 |
Taiwan | 火雞 | |
Tianjin | 外國雞 | |
Harbin | 外國雞 | |
Singapore | 火雞 | |
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 洋雞, 洋雞兒 | |
Cantonese | Hong Kong | 火雞 |
Dongguan | 火雞 | |
Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 火雞 |
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 火雞 | |
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 火雞 | |
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 火雞 | |
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 火雞 | |
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 火雞 | |
Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 火雞 |
Southern Min | Xiamen | 火雞 |
Quanzhou | 火雞 | |
Zhangzhou | 火雞 | |
Taipei | 火雞 | |
New Taipei (Sanxia) | 火雞 | |
Kaohsiung | 火雞 | |
Yilan | 火雞 | |
Changhua (Lukang) | 火雞 | |
Taichung | 火雞 | |
Tainan | 火雞 | |
Hsinchu | 火雞 | |
Kinmen | 火雞 | |
Penghu (Magong) | 火雞 | |
Penang (Hokkien) | 火雞 | |
Singapore (Hokkien) | 火雞 | |
Manila (Hokkien) | 火雞 | |
Leizhou | 火雞 | |
Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 火雞 |
Wu | Shanghai | 火雞 |
Derived terms[edit]
Adjective[edit]
火雞
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