雞

fowl / chicken / CL:隻|只[zhi1] / (slang) prostitute

surname Xi

(literary) what? / where? / why?

short-tailed bird

cock / rooster

(slang) (of a woman) to work as a prostitute

lit. to try to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice used to lure it (idiom) / fig. to try to gain an advantage only to end up worse off / to go for wool and come back shorn

see 偷雞不成蝕把米|偷鸡不成蚀把米[tou1 ji1 bu4 cheng2 shi2 ba3 mi3]

to imitate the dog and steal chicken (idiom) / to pilfer / to dally with women / to have affairs

lit. why use a pole-ax to slaughter a chicken? (idiom) / fig. to waste effort on a trifling matter / also written 殺雞焉用牛刀|杀鸡焉用牛刀[sha1 ji1 yan1 yong4 niu2 dao1]

(bird species of China) koklass pheasant (Pucrasia macrolopha)

laying hen

samgyetang, popular Korean chicken soup with ginseng, spices etc

steamed chicken with chili sauce

rooster / cock / (slang) (Cantonese) to visit a prostitute

(video games) PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) / battle royale game / last-man-standing game / to play PUBG (or similar game) / to win at PUBG (or similar game)

turkey

lit. dumb as a wooden chicken (idiom); fig. dumbstruck

lit. asking guests whether or not to butcher a chicken for them (idiom) / fig. hypocritical show of affection (or hospitality)

four-eyes (facetious term for a person who wears glasses)

free-range chicken

dapanji or "big plate chicken", a kind of spicy chicken stew originating from Xinjiang

(bird species of China) rusty-necklaced partridge (Alectoris magna)

lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom) / fig. to ride on sb else's success / Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too / Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it