CHICKEN    雞

COMMON KIND of BIRD REARED as DOMESTIC ANIMAL.
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The current word for a hen or chicken generally is jī 雞.
Modern Chinese Criteria
雞 小雞 雞黃 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hyponym
  • COCK　MALE CHICKEN (anc: 8/0, child: 0)
  • HEN　FEMALE CHICKEN. (anc: 8/0, child: 0)
Hypernym
  • DOMESTIC ANIMAL　ANIMAL REARED IN OR NEAR HOMES. (anc: 6/0, child: 7)
  • ANIMAL　CREATURE ABLE to FEEL AND MOVE. (anc: 5/0, child: 12)
  • CREATURE　LIVING THING. (anc: 4/0, child: 3)
  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 3.55

  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 3.52

  • Bibliographisches Handbuch zur Sprachinhaltsforschung. Teil II. Systematischer Teil. B. Ordnung nach Sinnbezirken (mit einem alphabetischen Begriffsschluessel): Der Mensch und seine Welt im Spiegel der Sprachforschung ( FRANKE 1989) p. 92B

    • Words (1 items)

    雞  jī OC: kee MC: kei 12 Attributions

    The current word for a hen or chicken generally is jī 雞.

      Word relations
    • Assoc: 鶩/DUCK Wù 鶩 is the domestic duck.
    • Assoc: 犬/DOG The current general literary word for a dog is quǎn 犬.

      Syntactic words
    • ncock; chicken
    • nadVanalogylike a cock; like a chicken