土雞

Chinese

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

Etymology

“(Internet slang) Turkey”: Phono-semantic matching of English Turkey.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tǔjī

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄨˇ ㄐㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tou² gai¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thó͘-koe / thó͘-ke

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tǔjī
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨˇ ㄐㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tǔji
  - Wade–Giles: tʻu³-chi¹
  - Yale: tǔ-jī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuuji
  - Palladius: туцзи (tuczi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tou² gai¹
  - Yale: tóu gāi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tou² gai¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: tou² gei¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯³⁵ kɐi̯⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thó͘-koe
  - Tâi-lô: thóo-kue
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tofkoef
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kue⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Philippines): /tʰɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kue³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thó͘-ke
  - Tâi-lô: thóo-ke
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tofkef
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ke⁴⁴/

Noun

土雞

free-range chicken

Synonyms

(Hokkien) 土雞仔／土鸡仔

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