草雞

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Chinese[edit]

 
grass; straw; draft (of a document)
grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
fowl; chicken
trad. (草雞/草鷄) /
simp. (草鸡)

Pronunciation 1[edit]


Noun[edit]

草雞

  1. (dialectal Mandarin, Jin, Xiamen and Quanzhou Hokkien, Zhejiang Wu) hen
  2. (dialectal Mandarin) local species of chicken (i.e. not foreign or mixed)
Synonyms[edit]
  • (hen):

Adjective[edit]

草雞

  1. (dialectal Mandarin) weak; timid; cowardly
    警察立馬兒草雞 [dialectal Mandarin, trad.]
    警察立马儿草鸡 [dialectal Mandarin, simp.]
    Jǐngchá yī lái, tā lìmǎr cǎoji le. [Pinyin]
    As soon as the police came, he immediately went chicken.

Pronunciation 2[edit]


Noun[edit]

草雞

  1. (Xiamen Hokkien) katydid (Mecopoda elongata)
Synonyms[edit]

Adjective[edit]

草雞

  1. (Xiamen Hokkien) fickle in doing things and easily making mistakes (of a person)