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= ji + Ø1
fowl / chicken / CL:隻|只[zhi1] / (slang) prostitute
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How to pronounce 鸡

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= ji initial

Ji is for Joan of Arc.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago
+ Ø1 final

In front of the space station.

By Matthias • updated about 1 month ago

鸡 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
yòu = y + ou4
(once) again / also / both... and... / and yet / (used for emphasis) anyway
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diǎo = di + ao3
variant of 屌[diao3] / penis
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niǎo = ni + ao3
bird / CL:隻|只[zhi1],群[qun2] / "bird" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 196) / (dialect) to pay attention to / (intensifier) damned / goddamn
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Characters with 鸡 as component

鸡 is not used as a component in another character.
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Words with 鸡

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(chicken) egg / hen's egg / CL:個|个[ge4],打[da2]
chicken meat

Sentences with 鸡

鸡 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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Make it your learning target and MandarinBanana works out the shortest route to it: the two sounds its syllable is built from, then the components of the character itself, one short step at a time. No account needed to start.

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

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