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火鸡huǒ jī
turkey
Definitions
| Chinese > English | ||
| 火鸡 | ||
| 1. Simplified form of 火雞 | ||
| 火雞 | huǒjī | |
| 1. n. turkey (Meleagris) | ||
| 2. n. cassowary (Casuarius) | ||
| 3. n. (Xiamen, &, Zhangzhou Hokkien, figurative) busybody; meddler | ||
| 4. n. (Xiamen, Quanzhou, &, Zhangzhou Hokkien) soldering tool | ||
| 5. n. (Guangxi Cantonese) lighter | ||
| 6. adj. (Xiamen, &, Zhangzhou Hokkien, figurative) meddlesome | ||
| English > Chinese | ||
| turkey | ||
| 1. 名词. 火鸡 | ||
| Components | ||
| 火 | huǒ | |
| 1. fire; flame | ||
| 可以 跟 你 借 一個 火 嗎？ - Can I borrow a light? | ||
| 2. fire (as a disaster); inferno | ||
| 3. red; fiery; bright; brilliant | ||
| 4. to burn down | ||
| 5. light; torch | ||
| 6. (dialectal) light; lamp | ||
| 7. anger; rage; wrath | ||
| 8. to become enraged | ||
| 9. angry; furious | ||
| 10. (TCM) internal heat | ||
| 11. firearm; ammunition; weapon | ||
| 12. war; warfare | ||
| 13. thriving; brisk | ||
| 14. urgent; pressing | ||
| 15. (neologism) to become popular; to go viral | ||
| 16. (neologism) to be popular; to be viral | ||
| 17. (Cantonese) watt (unit of power) | ||
| ※(Definitely, "火" here is a unit of brightness (luminous intensity). However, the brightness of a luminous device is measured in watts in life because of luminous intensity's dependence on powe | ||
| 20 火 嘅 燈膽 - 20-watt lightbulb | ||
| 18. Short for 火星, Mars | ||
| 19. (Cantonese) roasted | ||
| Synonyms: 烤, 燒 | ||
| 火鴨 - roasted duck | ||
| 鸡 | ||
| 1. Simplified form of 雞 | ||
| 雞 | jī | |
| 1. chicken; fowl | ||
| 雞肉 - chicken meat | ||
| 雞蛋 - chicken egg | ||
| 2. 10th of the Chinese zodiac animals (rooster) | ||
| 3. (slang) female prostitute | ||
| 4. (slang) penis | ||
| 5. (Cantonese) whistle | ||
| 吹雞 - to blow the whistle | ||
| 銀雞 - silver whistle | ||
| 6. (, Cantonese, Hokkien) trigger (of a gun) | ||
| ?雞 - to pull the trigger | ||
| 7. (Cantonese) weak; useless | ||
| 8. (Cantonese, non-productive) (Suffix for adjectives describing a weak or useless person.) | ||
| 弱雞 - weak; wimpy | ||
| 揗雞 - | ||
| 9. (Cantonese) to fire; to sack | ||
| 10. (Cantonese) Alternative form of 笄 (-) | ||
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Pronunciation
huǒ jī
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