土雞

Chinese

		earth; dust; rural earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian	fowl; chicken
trad. (土雞)		土	雞
simp. (土鸡)		土	鸡

Etymology

“(Internet slang) Turkey”: Loosely from English Turkey, wordplayingly morphed to a pre-existing expression.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tǔjī

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄨˇ ㄐㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tou² gai¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: tǔjī
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨˇ ㄐㄧ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuuji
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: tou² gai¹
  - Yale: tóu gāi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tou² gai¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: tou² gei¹
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯³⁵ kɐi̯⁵⁵/

Noun

土雞

free-range chicken

Proper noun

土雞

(Mainland China, neologism, Internet slang) Turkey (the country)

Synonyms

土耳其 (Tǔ'ěrqí)
(Internet slang) 土雞國／土鸡国

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