蚊雞

Chinese
yuan; dollar; buck fowl; chicken
trad. (蚊雞) 蚊 雞
simp. (蚊鸡) 蚊 鸡
variant forms 文雞／文鸡

Pronunciation

Noun

蚊雞

  1. (Cantonese, colloquial) Classifier for money: yuan; dollar; buck
    十蚊雞一盅飯，真係抵！ [Cantonese, trad.]
    十蚊鸡一盅饭，真系抵！ [Cantonese, simp.]
    Sap6 man1 gai1 jat1 zung1 faan6, zan1 hai6 dai2! [Jyutping]
    10 bucks for a pot of rice, what a deal!

Usage notes

Used for small amounts only.

Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 元 (“yuan; dollar”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 圓, 元
Mandarin Beijing 塊
Taiwan 塊
Harbin 塊
Jinan 塊
Muping 塊
Luoyang 塊
Wanrong 塊
Xi'an 塊
Xining 塊
Xuzhou 塊
Yinchuan 塊
Lanzhou 塊
Ürümqi 塊
Wuhan 塊
Chengdu 塊
Guiyang 塊
Guilin 塊
Liuzhou 塊
Yangzhou 塊
Nanjing 塊
Hefei 塊
Cantonese Guangzhou 蚊, 蚊雞, 個
Hong Kong 蚊, 蚊雞, 個
Shunde 蚊
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 蚊
Doumen (Shangheng Tanka) 蚊
Taishan 蚊
Kaiping (Chikan) 蚊
Dongguan 蚊, 蚊雞
Shaoguan 蚊
Yunfu 蚊
Yangjiang 蚊, 個
Lianjiang 蚊
Nanning 蚊
Hepu 蚊
Kuala Lumpur 蚊, 箍
Gan Nanchang 塊
Lichuan 塊
Pingxiang 塊
Hakka Meixian 塊
Yudu 塊
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 個
Liudui (S. Sixian) 個
Hsinchu (Hailu) 個
Dongshi (Dabu) 個
Hsinchu (Raoping) 個
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 箍
Hong Kong 塊
Sabah 箍
Senai 箍
Singkawang 盾
Huizhou Jixi 塊
Jin Taiyuan 塊
Xinzhou 塊
Min Bei Jian'ou 塊
Min Dong Fuzhou 塊
Fuqing 塊
Matsu 塊
Min Nan Xiamen 箍
Quanzhou 箍
Zhangzhou 箍
Taipei 箍
Kaohsiung 箍
Tainan 箍
Taichung 箍
Hsinchu 箍
Lukang 箍
Sanxia 箍
Yilan 箍
Kinmen 箍
Magong 箍
Penang 箍
Chaozhou 箍
Johor Bahru 箍
Haikou 個
Leizhou 個
Puxian Min Putian 個
Xianyou 個
Pinghua Nanning 蚊, 蚊雞
Guilin 塊
Wu Shanghai 塊
Suzhou 塊
Hangzhou 塊
Wenzhou 個
Chongming 塊
Danyang 塊
Jinhua 塊
Xiang Changsha 塊
Shuangfeng 塊
Loudi 塊
Quanzhou 塊
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