雞頭

Chinese

fowl; chicken head; (noun suffix)
trad. (雞頭/鷄頭) /
simp. (鸡头)

Pronunciation


Noun

雞頭

  1. chicken head
  2. foxnut (Euryale ferox)
  3. (Cantonese, Teochew, colloquial) bawd; procurer for prostitutes
  4. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) glans penis
  5. (dialectal Cantonese, Hainanese, Leizhou Min, Singapore Hokkien) (uncastrated adult) rooster
  6. (Hong Kong Cantonese, construction cant) excavator (vehicle)

Synonyms

  • (foxnut): (qiàn)

Derived terms

  • 寧做雞頭,不做鳳尾 / 宁做鸡头,不做凤尾
  • 寧為雞頭,不為鳳尾 / 宁为鸡头,不为凤尾
  • 老雞頭 / 老鸡头
  • 軟雞頭燒黃紙 / 软鸡头烧黄纸
  • 雞頭米 / 鸡头米 (jītóumǐ)
  • 雞頭雞啄 / 鸡头鸡啄

Adjective

雞頭

  1. (Hokkien) fond of the limelight; fond of attention