雞囝

Chinese

	fowl; chicken	child
trad. (雞囝/鷄囝)	雞/鷄	囝
simp. (鸡囝)	鸡	囝
alternative forms	雞仔／鷄仔／鸡仔

Pronunciation

Eastern Min (BUC): giĕ-giāng
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ge¹ gyor³ / ge¹ goe³ / ge¹ gua³ / ge¹ gyann³ / ge¹ giann³
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): ke-kiáⁿ / koe-kiáⁿ

(Teochew, Peng'im): goi¹ gian²

Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: giĕ-giāng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kie⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^(k-)iaŋ³³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ge¹ gyor³ [Phonetic: ge⁵ yor³]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ga̤-giô̤ⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ke⁵³³⁻¹¹ ^(k-)yɒ⁴⁵³/
- (Jiangkou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ge¹ goe³ [Phonetic: ge⁵ oe³]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ke⁵³³⁻¹¹ ^(k-)œ⁴⁵³/
- (Nanri)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ge¹ gua³ [Phonetic: ge⁵ a³]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ke⁵³³⁻¹¹ ^(k-)a⁴⁵³/
- (Xianyou, Youyang)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ge¹ gyann³ [Phonetic: ge⁵ ann³]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ke⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ ^(k-)ã³³²/
- (Fengting)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ge¹ giann³ [Phonetic: ge⁵ ann³]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ke⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ ^(k-)ã³³²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Penang, Medan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ke-kiáⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: ke-kiánn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ke'kviar
  - IPA (Penang): /ke³³⁻²¹ kiã⁴⁴⁵/
- (Hokkien: Yongchun)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koe-kiáⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: kue-kiánn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koe'kviar
  - IPA (Yongchun): /kue⁴⁴⁻²² kiã⁵³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: goi¹ gian²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: koi kiáⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /koi³³⁻²³ kĩã⁵²/

Noun

雞囝

(Eastern Min, Puxian Min, Medan and Penang Hokkien, Teochew, Hainanese) chick
(Eastern Min) chicken

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 小雞 (“chick; young chicken”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		雛, 雞雛
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		雛雞
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	小雞兒
	Taiwan	小雞
	Harbin	雞崽兒
	Shenyang	雞崽兒
	Singapore	小雞
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	小雞兒
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	小雞兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	雞娃兒
	Wanrong	雞娃
	Xi'an	雞娃兒, 雞娃子
	Xining	雞娃兒, 雞雞
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	雞娃子, 雞娃兒
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	雞娃娃, 雞娃子
	Lanzhou	雞娃子
	Ürümqi	雞娃子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	小雞兒, 小雞, 雞娃兒, 雞娃子, 雞兒, 雞崽崽, 小雞娃, 小雞娃兒
	Wuhan	小雞, 雞娃, 小雞娃, 小雞子
	Guiyang	小雞兒, 雞兒, 小雞崽, 雞崽
	Kunming	小雞
	Liuzhou	雞崽
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	小秧雞, 小雞, 絨雞 suburbs
	Yangzhou	小雞子, 小羊雞子
	Nantong	小雞兒
	Hefei	小雞
Cantonese	Guangzhou	雞仔
	Hong Kong	雞仔
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	雞仔
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	雞仔
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	雞仔
	Taishan	雞仔
	Dongguan	雞仔
	Yangjiang	雞仔
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	雞仔
	Singapore (Guangfu)	雞仔
	Yangon (Taishan)	雞仔
	Mandalay (Taishan)	雞仔
Gan	Nanchang	雞崽子
	Lichuan	雞崽兒
	Pingxiang	雞崽子
Hakka	Meixian	細雞仔, 細雞
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	雞仔
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	雞仔哩
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	小雞
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	雞仔
	Wengyuan	細雞子
	Liannan	雞仔
	Jiexi	雞子
	Luhe	細雞仔
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	雞子
	Changting	細雞子
	Wuping (Yanqian)	細雞子
	Ninghua	雞仔
	Yudu	尒雞子, 雞子
	Ningdu	細雞子
	Tonggu (Sandu)	雞仔
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	雞仔子
	Dayu	雞仔哩
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	雞子, 細雞子
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	雞㸰仔, 細雞子
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	雞子, 細雞子
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	雞子, 細雞子
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	雞子, 細雞子
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	雞么
	Hong Kong	雞仔
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	雞子
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	雞仔
	Xinyi (Sihe)	雞仔
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	雞仔
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	雞仔
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	雞卒
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	雞子
	Lianjiang (Qingping)	雞子
	Mengshan (Xihe)	雞仔
	Luchuan	雞妮
	Sabah (Longchuan)	雞仔
	Senai (Huiyang)	雞仔
	Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)	細雞仔
Huizhou	Jixi	細雞
Jin	Taiyuan	小雞兒, 小雞, 雞娃子
Jin	Xinzhou	小雞兒
Northern Min	Jian'ou	雞仔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	雞囝
	Fuqing	雞囝
	Matsu	雞囝
Southern Min	Xiamen	雞仔囝, 雞仔, 雞桃
	Quanzhou	雞仔, 雞豚仔
	Jinjiang	雞仔
	Yongchun	雞囝
	Zhangzhou	雞仔囝, 雞仔, 雞桃, 雞桃仔
	Taipei	雞仔囝
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	雞仔囝
	Kaohsiung	雞仔囝
	Yilan	雞仔囝
	Changhua (Lukang)	雞仔囝
	Taichung	雞仔囝
	Taichung (Wuqi)	雞仔囝
	Tainan	雞仔囝
	Taitung	雞仔囝
	Hsinchu	雞仔囝
	Kinmen	雞仔囝
	Penghu (Magong)	雞仔囝
	Penang (Hokkien)	雞囝
	Singapore (Hokkien)	雞囝
	Manila (Hokkien)	雞仔
	Medan (Hokkien)	雞囝
	Chaozhou	雞囝
	Bangkok (Teochew)	雞囝
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	雞囝
	Singapore (Teochew)	雞囝
	Haikou	雞囝
	Singapore (Hainanese)	雞囝
Puxian Min	Putian	雞囝
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	雞囝
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	雞囝
	Xianyou	雞囝
	Xianyou (Fengting)	雞囝
	Xianyou (Youyang)	雞囝
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	雞崽, 細雞
Wu	Shanghai	小雞
	Shanghai (Chongming)	小雞
	Suzhou	小雞
	Danyang	小雞
	Hangzhou	小雞兒
	Ningbo	小雞
	Wenzhou	雞兒
	Jinhua	小雞, 小雞兒
Xiang	Changsha	雞崽子
	Loudi	雞崽唧
	Shuangfeng	雞崽基
	Hengyang	雞崽子

Dialectal synonyms of 雞 (“chicken (animal)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		雞
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		雞
Taxonomic name		雞
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	雞, 雞子
	Taiwan	雞
	Harbin	雞
	Malaysia	雞
	Singapore	雞
	Olginsky (Mikhaylovka)	雞
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	雞
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	雞
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	雞兒
	Wanrong	雞
	Xi'an	雞
	Dingbian	雞
	Xining	雞兒, 雞
	Xuzhou	雞
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	雞
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	雞
	Lanzhou	雞兒
	Ürümqi	雞
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	雞, 雞咯咯 childish
	Wuhan	雞子
	Guiyang	雞
	Guilin	雞
	Liuzhou	雞
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	雞
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	雞子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	雞
	Hong Kong	雞
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	雞
	Macau	雞
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	雞
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	雞
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	雞
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	雞
	Foshan	雞
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	雞
	Foshan (Shunde)	雞
	Foshan (Sanshui)	雞
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	雞
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	雞
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	雞
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	雞
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	雞
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	雞
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	雞
	Taishan	雞
	Kaiping (Chikan)	雞
	Enping (Niujiang)	雞
	Heshan (Yayao)	雞
	Dongguan	雞
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	雞
	Qingyuan	雞
	Fogang	雞
	Yingde (Hanguang)	雞
	Yangshan	雞
	Lianshan (Butian)	雞
	Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui)	雞
	Shaoguan	雞
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	雞
	Renhua	雞
	Lechang	雞
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	雞
	Sihui	雞
	Guangning	雞
	Deqing	雞
	Huaiji	雞
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	雞
	Yunfu	雞
	Xinxing	雞
	Luoding	雞
	Yunan (Pingtai)	雞
	Xinyi	雞
	Lianjiang	雞
	Nanning	雞
	Wuzhou	雞
	Yulin	雞
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	雞
	Dongxing	雞
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	雞
	Penang (Guangfu)	雞
	Singapore (Guangfu)	雞
Gan	Nanchang	雞
	Lichuan	雞
	Pingxiang	雞
Hakka	Meixian	雞
	Xingning	雞哩
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	雞
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	雞
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	雞
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	雞
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	雞
	Yudu	雞
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	雞仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	雞仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	雞仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	雞
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	雞仔
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	雞
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	雞
	Kuching (Hepo)	雞
Huizhou	Jixi	雞
Jin	Taiyuan	雞兒, 雞
	Pingyao	雞
	Xinzhou	雞兒
	Hohhot	雞子
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	雞, 雞囝
	Fuqing	雞
	Matsu	雞
Southern Min	Xiamen	雞, 雞仔, 雞喌
	Quanzhou	雞, 雞仔
	Yongchun	雞
	Zhangzhou	雞, 雞仔, 雞喌 childish
	Taipei	雞
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	雞
	Kaohsiung	雞
	Tainan	雞仔
	Kinmen	雞
	Penghu (Magong)	雞
	Penang (Hokkien)	雞
	Singapore (Hokkien)	雞
	Manila (Hokkien)	雞
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	雞
	Chaozhou	雞
	Shantou	雞
	Jieyang	雞
	Haifeng	雞, 雞喌 childish
	Singapore (Teochew)	雞
	Wenchang	雞
	Haikou	雞
	Singapore (Hainanese)	雞
Puxian Min	Putian	雞
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	雞
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	雞
	Xianyou	雞
	Xianyou (Fengting)	雞
	Xianyou (Youyang)	雞
Central Min	Nanping (Wangtai, Yanping)	雞
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	雞
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	雞
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	雞
Waxiang	Guzhang (Gaofeng)	雞
Wu	Shanghai	雞, 喔喔雞 childish, 咯咯雞 childish
	Shanghai (Chongming)	雞
	Suzhou	雞
	Danyang	雞
	Hangzhou	雞
	Ningbo	雞, 咯咯雞 childish
	Wenzhou	雞
	Jinhua	雞
Xiang	Changsha	雞, 雞咯咯 childish, 雞喌喌 childish
	Loudi	雞
	Hengyang	雞
	Quanzhou	雞

References

李如龙 [Li, Ru-long], 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu], 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying], 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019) “466 小鸡儿”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 336.