Chinese
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Noun
母雞
- hen; female chicken
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 母雞 (“hen”) [map]
| Variety
|
Location
|
Words
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| Classical Chinese
|
牝雞
|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
|
母雞
|
| Northeastern Mandarin
|
Beijing
|
母雞
|
| Taiwan
|
母雞
|
| Ulanhot
|
母雞
|
| Tongliao
|
母雞
|
| Chifeng
|
母雞
|
| Hulunbuir (Hailar)
|
母雞
|
| Harbin
|
母雞
|
| Shenyang
|
母雞
|
| Malaysia
|
母雞
|
| Singapore
|
母雞
|
| Olginsky (Mikhaylovka)
|
母雞
|
| Jilu Mandarin
|
Jinan
|
母雞, 草雞
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| Jiaoliao Mandarin
|
Yantai (Muping)
|
母雞
|
| Central Plains Mandarin
|
Luoyang
|
母雞
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| Wanrong
|
草雞, 母雞
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| Zhengzhou
|
母雞
|
| Xi'an
|
母雞
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| Xining
|
母雞
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| Xuzhou
|
草雞, 母雞
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| Pizhou
|
母雞
|
| Lianyungang (Ganyu)
|
母雞
|
| Donghai
|
母雞
|
| Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)
|
母雞
|
| Lanyin Mandarin
|
Yinchuan
|
母雞
|
| Bayanhot
|
母雞, 草雞
|
| Lanzhou
|
母雞
|
| Ürümqi
|
母雞
|
| Southwestern Mandarin
|
Chengdu
|
雞母, 雞婆, 母雞
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| Wuhan
|
母雞, 雞婆
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| Guiyang
|
母雞, 草雞
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| Kunming
|
母雞
|
| Guilin
|
母雞
|
| Liuzhou
|
母雞
|
| Jianghuai Mandarin
|
Nanjing
|
母雞
|
| Yangzhou
|
母雞
|
| Baoying
|
母雞
|
| Taizhou
|
母雞
|
| Zhenjiang
|
母雞
|
| Lianyungang
|
母雞
|
| Huai'an (Huaiyin)
|
母雞
|
| Xuyi
|
母雞
|
| Nantong
|
母雞
|
| Rugao
|
母雞
|
| Yancheng
|
母雞
|
| Funing
|
母雞
|
| Sihong
|
母雞
|
| Hefei
|
母雞
|
| Huanggang
|
雞婆
|
| Cantonese
|
Guangzhou
|
雞乸
|
| Hong Kong
|
雞乸
|
| Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)
|
雞乸
|
| Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)
|
雞乸
|
| Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
|
雞乸
|
| Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
|
雞乸
|
| Macau
|
雞乸
|
| Guangzhou (Panyu)
|
雞乸
|
| Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
|
雞乸
|
| Guangzhou (Conghua)
|
雞乸
|
| Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
|
雞婆, 雞乸
|
| Foshan
|
雞乸
|
| Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
|
雞乸
|
| Foshan (Shunde)
|
雞乸
|
| Foshan (Sanshui)
|
雞乸
|
| Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
|
雞乸
|
| Zhongshan (Shiqi)
|
雞乸
|
| Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
|
雞乸
|
| Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
|
雞乸
|
| Zhuhai (Doumen)
|
雞乸
|
| Jiangmen (Baisha)
|
雞乸
|
| Jiangmen (Xinhui)
|
雞乸
|
| Taishan
|
雞乸
|
| Kaiping (Chikan)
|
雞乸
|
| Enping (Niujiang)
|
雞乸
|
| Heshan (Yayao)
|
雞乸
|
| Dongguan
|
雞乸
|
| Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
|
雞乸
|
| Shaoguan
|
雞乸
|
| Yunfu
|
雞乸
|
| Yangjiang
|
雞乸
|
| Xinyi
|
雞乸
|
| Lianjiang
|
雞乸
|
| Danzhou
|
母雞
|
| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
|
雞乸
|
| Singapore (Guangfu)
|
雞乸
|
| Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
|
雞乸
|
| Yangon (Taishan)
|
雞乸
|
| Mandalay (Taishan)
|
雞乸
|
| Gan
|
Nanchang
|
雞婆
|
| Lichuan
|
雞𡡉
|
| Pingxiang
|
雞婆子, 雞婆
|
| Hakka
|
Meixian
|
雞嫲
|
| Xingning
|
雞嫲
|
| Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)
|
雞乸
|
| Huidong (Daling)
|
雞嫲
|
| Dongguan (Qingxi)
|
雞嫲
|
| Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
|
雞嫲
|
| Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
|
雞嫲
|
| Wuhua (Shuizhai)
|
雞嫲
|
| Wuhua (Huacheng)
|
雞嫲
|
| Wuhua (Changbu)
|
雞嫲
|
| Wuhua (Mianyang)
|
雞嫲
|
| Shaoguan (Qujiang)
|
雞嫲
|
| Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)
|
雞嫲
|
| Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
|
雞嫲
|
| Jiexi
|
雞嫲
|
| Luhe
|
雞嫲
|
| Changting
|
雞嫲
|
| Wuping
|
雞嫲
|
| Wuping (Pingyu)
|
雞嫲
|
| Liancheng
|
雞嫲
|
| Ninghua
|
雞嫲
|
| Yudu
|
雞婆
|
| Ruijin
|
雞婆
|
| Shicheng
|
雞嫲, 雞婆
|
| Shangyou (Shexi)
|
雞婆
|
| Miaoli (N. Sixian)
|
雞嫲
|
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
|
雞嫲
|
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
|
雞嫲
|
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
|
雞嫲
|
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
|
雞嫲
|
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
|
雞嫲
|
| Hong Kong
|
雞嫲
|
| Hengzhou (Xiaoyi)
|
雞婆
|
| Sabah (Longchuan)
|
雞嫲
|
| Senai (Huiyang)
|
雞嫲
|
| Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)
|
雞嫲
|
| Singkawang
|
雞嫲
|
| Huizhou
|
Jixi
|
雞母
|
| Shexian
|
雞母
|
| Huangshan (Tunxi)
|
雞母, 雞婆
|
| Xiuning
|
雞母, 母雞
|
| Yixian
|
雞母
|
| Qimen
|
雞母
|
| Wuyuan
|
雞嫲
|
| Fuliang
|
雞母, 母雞
|
| Dexing
|
雞母
|
| Shitai (Xianyu)
|
雞母
|
| Jin
|
Taiyuan
|
草雞, 母雞
|
| Pingyao
|
草雞
|
| Xinzhou
|
草雞
|
| Taibus (Baochang)
|
草雞
|
| Linhe
|
草雞
|
| Jining
|
草雞
|
| Hohhot
|
草雞
|
| Baotou
|
草雞
|
| Dongsheng
|
草雞
|
| Haibowan
|
草雞
|
| Northern Min
|
Jian'ou
|
雞嫲
|
| Jian'ou (Dikou)
|
雞嫲
|
| Zhenghe (Zhenqian)
|
雞嫲
|
| Jianyang
|
雞嫲
|
| Wuyishan
|
雞嫲
|
| Pucheng (Shibei)
|
雞嫲
|
| Eastern Min
|
Fuzhou
|
雞母
|
| Fuzhou (Changle)
|
雞母
|
| Fuqing
|
雞母
|
| Yongtai
|
雞母
|
| Gutian
|
雞母
|
| Fu'an
|
雞母
|
| Ningde
|
雞母
|
| Shouning
|
雞母
|
| Zhouning
|
雞母
|
| Fuding
|
雞母
|
| Matsu
|
雞母
|
| Southern Min
|
Xiamen
|
雞母, 草雞
|
| Quanzhou
|
雞母, 草雞
|
| Jinjiang
|
雞母
|
| Anxi
|
雞母
|
| Yongchun
|
雞母
|
| Zhangzhou
|
雞母
|
| Taipei
|
雞母
|
| New Taipei (Sanxia)
|
雞母
|
| Kaohsiung
|
雞母
|
| Yilan
|
雞母
|
| Changhua (Lukang)
|
雞母
|
| Taichung
|
雞母
|
| Taichung (Wuqi)
|
雞母
|
| Tainan
|
雞母
|
| Taitung
|
雞母
|
| Hsinchu
|
雞母
|
| Kinmen
|
雞母
|
| Penghu (Magong)
|
雞母
|
| Penang (Hokkien)
|
雞母
|
| Singapore (Hokkien)
|
雞母
|
| Manila (Hokkien)
|
雞母
|
| Medan (Hokkien)
|
雞母
|
| Chaozhou
|
雞母
|
| Shantou
|
雞母
|
| Shantou (Chenghai)
|
雞母
|
| Shantou (Chaoyang)
|
雞母
|
| Jieyang
|
雞母
|
| Haifeng
|
雞母
|
| Johor Bahru (Teochew)
|
雞母
|
| Singapore (Teochew)
|
雞母
|
| Leizhou
|
雞母
|
| Wenchang
|
雞母
|
| Haikou
|
雞母
|
| Singapore (Hainanese)
|
雞母
|
| Puxian Min
|
Putian
|
雞母
|
| Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)
|
雞母
|
| Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)
|
雞母
|
| Xianyou
|
雞母
|
| Xianyou (Fengting)
|
雞母
|
| Xianyou (Youyang)
|
雞母
|
| Fuding (Aoyao)
|
雞母
|
| Zhongshan Min
|
Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
|
雞母
|
| Southern Pinghua
|
Nanning (Tingzi)
|
母雞
|
| Shehua
|
Fu'an
|
雞娘
|
| Fuding
|
雞娘
|
| Luoyuan
|
雞娘
|
| Sanming
|
雞娘
|
| Shunchang
|
雞娘
|
| Hua'an
|
雞娘
|
| Guixi (Zhangping)
|
雞娘
|
| Cangnan
|
雞娘
|
| Jingning (Hexi)
|
雞娘
|
| Lishui
|
雞娘
|
| Longyou
|
雞娘
|
| Chaozhou
|
雞娘
|
| Fengshun
|
雞娘
|
| Wu
|
Shanghai
|
雌雞
|
| Shanghai (Chongming)
|
老婆雞
|
| Suzhou
|
雌雞
|
| Wuxi
|
雌雞
|
| Changshu
|
雌雞
|
| Nantong (Haimen)
|
雌雞
|
| Changzhou
|
雞婆
|
| Danyang
|
雞婆, 母雞
|
| Nanjing (Gaochun)
|
母雞
|
| Hangzhou
|
婆雞
|
| Ningbo
|
草雞
|
| Wenzhou
|
草雞
|
| Jinhua
|
草雞, 雞娘
|
| Xiang
|
Changsha
|
雞婆
|
| Xiangtan
|
雞婆子
|
| Loudi
|
雞婆子
|
| Shuangfeng
|
雞婆
|
| Hengyang
|
雞婆
|
Etymology 2
Phono-semantic matching of Cantonese 唔知 (m4 zi1).
Pronunciation
Verb
母雞
- (Mandarin, Internet slang, neologism, humorous) to not know
Synonyms
- 不了解 (bù liǎojiě)
- 不懂 (bùdǒng)
- 不明 (bùmíng) (literary)
- 不曉得 / 不晓得 (bù xiǎodé)
- 不知 (bùzhī)
- 不知道 (bù zhīdào)
- 不解 (bùjiě)
- 不通 (bùtōng)
- 伓知 (Puxian Min)
- 唔知 (Cantonese)
- 曉不得 / 晓不得
- 𣍐仈 / 𫧃仈 (mâ̤-báik) (Eastern Min)
- 毋知 (Hakka, Hokkien)
- 毋知影 (Hokkien, Teochew)
Antonyms
- 了解 (liǎojiě)
- 佔有 / 占有 (zhànyǒu)
- 分曉 / 分晓 (fēnxiǎo)
- 參悟 / 参悟 (cānwù)
- 悟 (wù) (literary, or in compounds)
- 懂 (dǒng)
- 懂得 (dǒngde)
- 打生 (Wenzhounese)
- 把握 (bǎwò)
- 掌握 (zhǎngwò)
- 明 (ming4) (Cantonese)
- 明白
- 明瞭 / 明了 (míngliǎo)
- 曉得 / 晓得 (xiǎode)
- 會悟 / 会悟 (huìwù) (literary)
- 洞悉 (dòngxī)
- 清亮 (mainland China)
- 清楚
- 熟似 (Hokkien)
- 熟悉 (shúxī)
- 熟稔 (shúrěn) (literary)
- 熟識 / 熟识 (shúshí)
- 理會 / 理会 (lǐhuì)
- 理解 (lǐjiě)
- 瞭悟 / 了悟 (liǎowù) (literary)
- 知影 (Hokkien, Teochew)
- 知悉 (zhīxī) (literary)
- 知曉 / 知晓 (zhīxiǎo)
- 知識 / 知识 (zhīshí) (literary)
- 知道 (zhīdào)
- 覺 / 觉
- 覺悟 / 觉悟 (juéwù)
- 覺醒 / 觉醒 (juéxǐng)
- 認識 / 认识
- 諳曉 / 谙晓 (ānxiǎo) (literary)
- 諳達 / 谙达 (āndá) (literary)
- 貫通 / 贯通 (guàntōng)
- 通曉 / 通晓 (tōngxiǎo)
- 通解 (tōngjiě) (literary)
- 通達 / 通达 (tōngdá)
- 達 / 达 (literary, or in compounds)
- 醒悟 (xǐngwù)
- 開悟 / 开悟 (kāiwù) (literary)
- 領悟 / 领悟 (lǐngwù)
- 領會 / 领会 (lǐnghuì)
- 領略 / 领略 (lǐnglüè)