吃雞

Chinese

		to eat	fowl; chicken
trad. (吃雞/吃鷄)		吃	雞/鷄
simp. (吃鸡)		吃	鸡
Literally: “to eat chicken”.

Etymology

Short for 大吉大利，晚上／大吉大利，晚上吃鸡, a calque of English winner, winner, chicken dinner used in the 2017 videogame PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chījī

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄐㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hek³ gai¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chījī
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄐㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chihji
  - Wade–Giles: chʻih¹-chi¹
  - Yale: chr̄-jī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyji
  - Palladius: чицзи (čiczi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hek³ gai¹
  - Yale: hek gāi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hek⁸ gai¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: hég³ gei¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɛːk̚³ kɐi̯⁵⁵/

Verb

吃⫽雞 (verb-object) (intransitive)

(Mandarin, neologism, slang) to win in a game of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds or other similar video games
(Mandarin, neologism, slang) to play PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds or other similar video games
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 吃,‎ 雞 / 鸡 (jī).

Synonyms

(Cantonese) 食雞／食鸡

Noun

吃雞

(Mandarin, slang) PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
(Mandarin, neologism, slang) battle royale

Synonyms

(Cantonese) 食雞／食鸡

Related terms

Japanese: ドン勝 (don-katsu)