鬥雞

See also: 斗鸡

Chinese

		fight; contend; incite fight; contend; incite; meet; encounter	fowl; chicken
trad. (鬥雞/鬥鷄/鬭雞/鬭鷄)		鬥/鬭	雞/鷄
simp. (斗鸡)		斗	鸡

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dòujī

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄡˋ ㄐㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dau³ gai¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dòujī
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄡˋ ㄐㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dòuji
  - Wade–Giles: tou⁴-chi¹
  - Yale: dòu-jī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dowji
  - Palladius: доуцзи (douczi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /toʊ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    豆雞 / 豆鸡
    鬥雞 / 斗鸡
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: dau³ gai¹
  - Yale: dau gāi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dau³ gai¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: deo³ gei¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐu̯³³ kɐi̯⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: tuwH kej

Rime
Character	鬥	雞
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	端 (5)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	侯 (137)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	IV
Fanqie	都豆切	古奚切
Baxter	tuwH	kej
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/təu^H/	/kei/
Pan Wuyun	/təu^H/	/kei/
Shao Rongfen	/təu^H/	/kɛi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/təw^H/	/kɛj/
Li Rong	/tu^H/	/kei/
Wang Li	/təu^H/	/kiei/
Bernhard Karlgren	/tə̯u^H/	/kiei/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dòu	jī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	dau³	gai¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*tˤok-s kˤe/

(Zhengzhang): /*toːɡs keː/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	鬥	雞
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	dòu	jī
Middle Chinese	‹ tuw^H ›	‹ kej ›
Old Chinese	/*tˁok-s/	/*kˁe/
English	quarrel, wrangle	fowl, chicken
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鬥	雞
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	2481	13357
Phonetic component	鬥	奚
Rime group	竇	支
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	鬥	雞
Old Chinese	/*toːɡs/	/*keː/

Verb

鬥雞

to cockfight
- 季氏與郈氏鬬雞。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
  季氏与郈氏鬬鸡。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]
  From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
  Jìshì yǔ Hòushì doùjī. [Pinyin]
  The lords of Ji and Hou ran a cockfight.

Synonyms

(Hokkien) 相拍雞仔／相拍鸡仔

Noun

鬥雞

gamecock (Classifier: 隻／只 m c)
- 紀渻子為王養鬥雞。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  纪渻子为王养斗鸡。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
  Jìxǐngzǐ wèi wáng yǎng dòujī. [Pinyin]
  Ji Xing-zi was rearing a fighting-cock for the king.
cockfighting (Classifier: 場／场 m c)
- 孔子年三十五，而季平子與郈昭伯以鬬雞故得罪魯昭公。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
  孔子年三十五，而季平子与郈昭伯以鬬鸡故得罪鲁昭公。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]
  From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
  Kǒngzǐ nián sānshíwǔ, ér Jì Píngzǐ yǔ Hòu Zhāobó yǐ doùjī gù dézuì Lǔ Zhāogōng. [Pinyin]
  When Confucius was thirty-five, Lord Ping of Ji and Lord Zhao of Hou incurred the wrath of Duke Zhao of Lu because of the fallout from a cockfight.

Synonyms

(Hakka) 相打雞／相打鸡
(Hokkien) 相拍雞仔／相拍鸡仔, 相咬雞／相咬鸡

Adjective

鬥雞

(Cantonese) cross-eyed

Derived terms

鬥雞眼 / 斗鸡眼 (dòujīyǎn)
鬥雞臺 / 斗鸡台
鬥雞走狗 / 斗鸡走狗