童子雞
See also: 童子鸡
Chinese
| child, especially a boy; scholar who has not passed the county level imperial exam | fowl; chicken | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (童子雞/童子鷄) | 童子 | 雞/鷄 | |
| simp. (童子鸡) | 童子 | 鸡 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): tung4 zi2 gai1
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tông-chú-koe
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 6don-tsy-ci
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: tóngzǐjī
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄗˇ ㄐㄧ
- Tongyong Pinyin: tóngzǐhji
- Wade–Giles: tʻung2-tzŭ3-chi1
- Yale: túng-dž-jī
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: torngtzyyji
- Palladius: тунцзыцзи (tunczyczi)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰʊŋ³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: tung4 zi2 gai1
- Yale: tùhng jí gāi
- Cantonese Pinyin: tung4 dzi2 gai1
- Guangdong Romanization: tung4 ji2 gei1
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰʊŋ²¹ t͡siː³⁵ kɐi̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tông-chú-koe
- Tâi-lô: tông-tsú-kue
- Phofsit Daibuun: dongzw'koef
- IPA (Xiamen): /tɔŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kue⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
- Wu
Noun
童子雞
- (dialectal or Taiwan) young chicken
- (slang, Shanghainese) young man who dates an older woman
- (slang, Shanghainese) male virgin