銀雞

Chinese

Etymology 1

		silver	fowl; chicken
trad. (銀雞/銀鷄)		銀	雞/鷄
simp. (银鸡)		银	鸡

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yínjī

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣˊ ㄐㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngan⁴ gai¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yínjī
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄣˊ ㄐㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yínji
    • Wade–Giles: yin²-chi¹
    • Yale: yín-jī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ynji
    • Palladius: иньцзи (inʹczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /in³⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngan⁴ gai¹
    • Yale: ngàhn gāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngan⁴ gai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngen⁴ gei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐn²¹ kɐi̯⁵⁵/

Noun

銀雞

1. silver pheasant (Lophura nycthemera)

Synonyms

• (silver pheasant):

• 白雉 (báizhì)
• 白鷳／白鹇 (báixián)
• 越禽 (yuèqín)
• 越鳥／越鸟 (yuèniǎo)
• 銀雉／银雉 (yínzhì)

 

Etymology 2

		silver	whistle
trad. (銀雞/銀鷄)		銀	雞/鷄
simp. (银鸡)		银	鸡

銀雞 (etymology 2)

Pronunciation

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ngan⁴ gai¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): ngan³ gai^1*

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngan⁴ gai¹
    • Yale: ngàhn gāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngan⁴ gai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngen⁴ gei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐn²¹ kɐi̯⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: ngan³ gai^1*
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ᵑɡan²² kai³³⁻³³⁵/

Noun

銀雞

1. (Cantonese) silver whistle; police whistle (Classifier: 隻／只 c)

   吹銀雞／吹银鸡 [Cantonese]  ―  ceoi¹ ngan⁴ gai¹ [Jyutping]  ―  to blow a silver whistle