烏雞

Chinese

		a crow; black; not a crow; black; not; empty; void	fowl; chicken
trad. (烏雞/烏鷄)		烏	雞/鷄
simp. (乌鸡)		乌	鸡

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wūjī

  (Zhuyin): ㄨ ㄐㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wu¹ gai¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): o͘-koe / o͘-ke

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ou¹ goi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wūjī
    • Zhuyin: ㄨ ㄐㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wuji
    • Wade–Giles: wu¹-chi¹
    • Yale: wū-jī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uji
    • Palladius: уцзи (uczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wu¹ gai¹
    • Yale: wū gāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wu¹ gai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wu¹ gei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuː⁵⁵ kɐi̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: o͘-koe
    • Tâi-lô: oo-kue
    • Phofsit Daibuun: o'koef
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɔ³³ kue³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻²² kue⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: o͘-ke
    • Tâi-lô: oo-ke
    • Phofsit Daibuun: o'kef
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻²² ke⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ou¹ goi¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ou koi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ou³³⁻²³ koi³³/

Note: Chaoyang.

Noun

烏雞

1. silkie; black-boned chicken (a breed of chicken whose meat is highly valued in Chinese cuisine)
2. black spots on clothes or fabrics caused by mold or mildew due to dampness or moisture

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 烏雞 (“silkie”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		烏雞, 烏骨雞, 泰和雞
Mandarin	Taiwan	烏骨雞
	Wanrong	烏雞
	Lanzhou	烏雞
	Guiyang	烏骨雞
	Liuzhou	烏骨雞
	Singapore	烏雞
Cantonese	Guangzhou	竹絲雞
	Hong Kong	竹絲雞
	Dongguan	竹絲雞, 烏肉雞
Hakka	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	烏骨雞
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	烏骨雞
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	烏骨雞
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	烏骨雞
Jin	Taiyuan	黑雞
Northern Min	Jian'ou	烏肉雞
Southern Min	Xiamen	烏雞, 白絨雞, 烏絨雞
	Quanzhou	烏雞, 白絨雞
	Zhangzhou	烏雞, 白絨雞
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	烏骨雞
	Kaohsiung	烏骨雞
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	烏骨雞
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	烏骨雞
	Yilan (Toucheng)	烏骨雞
	Tainan	烏骨雞
	Tainan (Anping)	烏骨雞
	Penghu (Xiyu)	烏骨雞
	Singapore (Hokkien)	烏雞, 烏骨雞
	Leizhou	烏雞
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	黑肉雞
Wu	Suzhou	烏骨雞
	Hangzhou	烏骨雞
	Wenzhou	細毛雞, 烏骨雞