銀雞

Chinese

Etymology 1

		silver	fowl; chicken
trad. (銀雞/銀鷄)		銀	雞/鷄
simp. (银鸡)		银	鸡

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yínjī

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄣˊ ㄐㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngan⁴ gai¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yínjī
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄣˊ ㄐㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yínji
  - Wade–Giles: yin²-chi¹
  - Yale: yín-jī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ynji
  - Palladius: иньцзи (inʹczi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /in³⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngan⁴ gai¹
  - Yale: ngàhn gāi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngan⁴ gai¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngen⁴ gei¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐn²¹ kɐi̯⁵⁵/

Noun

銀雞

silver pheasant (Lophura nycthemera)

Synonyms

(silver pheasant):

白雉 (báizhì)
白鷳／白鹇 (báixián)
越禽 (yuèqín)
越鳥／越鸟 (yuèniǎo)
銀雉／银雉 (yínzhì)

Etymology 2

		silver	whistle
trad. (銀雞/銀鷄)		銀	雞/鷄
simp. (银鸡)		银	鸡

銀雞 (etymology 2)

Pronunciation

Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ngan⁴ gai¹

(Taishan, Wiktionary): ngan³ gai^1*

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngan⁴ gai¹
  - Yale: ngàhn gāi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngan⁴ gai¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngen⁴ gei¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐn²¹ kɐi̯⁵⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: ngan³ gai^1*
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ᵑɡan²² kai³³⁻³³⁵/

Noun

銀雞

(Cantonese) silver whistle; police whistle (Classifier: 隻／只 c)
吹銀雞／吹银鸡 [Cantonese] ― ceoi¹ ngan⁴ gai¹ [Jyutping] ― to blow a silver whistle

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