火雞

See also: 火鸡

Chinese

	fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving	fowl; chicken
trad. (火雞/火鷄)	火	雞/鷄
simp. (火鸡)	火	鸡
Literally: “fire chicken”.

火雞 (1)

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare also Tamil நெருப்புக்கோழி (neruppukkōḻi), தீக்கோழி (tīkkōḻi, “ostrich”, literally “fire chicken”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huǒjī

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄐㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fo² gai¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fó-kiê
Eastern Min (BUC): huōi-giĕ
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): hé-koe / hér-koe / hóe-ke / hér-kere / hé-ke / hóe-koe

(Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): hue² goi¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huǒjī
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄐㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huǒji
  - Wade–Giles: huo³-chi¹
  - Yale: hwǒ-jī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huooji
  - Palladius: хоцзи (xoczi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fo² gai¹
  - Yale: fó gāi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fo² gai¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: fo² gei¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔː³⁵ kɐi̯⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fó-kiê
  - Hakka Romanization System: fo^ˋ gie^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fo³ gie¹
  - Sinological IPA: /fo³¹ ki̯e²⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: huōi-giĕ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hui³³⁻²¹ ^(k-)ie⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Hsinchu, Magong, Singapore, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hé-koe
  - Tâi-lô: hé-kue
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hefkoef
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /he⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kue⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Singapore): /he⁴²⁻²⁴ kue⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Philippines): /he⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kue³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Lukang, Hsinchu, Kinmen, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hér-koe
  - Tâi-lô: hér-kue
  - Sinological IPA (Singapore): /hə⁴²⁻²⁴ kue⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /hə⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kue³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Lukang): /hə⁵⁵⁻³⁵ kue³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Kinmen): /hə⁵³⁻²⁴ kue⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung, Yilan, Penang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hóe-ke
  - Tâi-lô: hué-ke
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoefkef
  - Sinological IPA (Penang): /hue⁴⁴⁵⁻⁴⁴ ke³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Tainan, Yilan): /hue⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ke⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /hue⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ke⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /hue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ke⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Sanxia)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hér-kere
  - Tâi-lô: hér-kere
- (Hokkien: Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hé-ke
  - Tâi-lô: hé-ke
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hefkef
  - Sinological IPA (Singapore): /he⁴²⁻²⁴ ke⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hóe-koe
  - Tâi-lô: hué-kue
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoefkoef
  - Sinological IPA (Singapore): /hue⁴²⁻²⁴ kue⁴⁴/
- (Leizhou)
  - Leizhou Pinyin: hue² goi¹
  - Sinological IPA: /huɛ³¹⁻⁵⁵ kɔi³⁵/

Noun

火雞

turkey (Meleagris)
cassowary (Casuarius)
(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien, figurative) busybody; meddler
(Xiamen, Quanzhou and Zhangzhou Hokkien) soldering tool
(Guangxi Yue) lighter

Synonyms

(turkey):

Dialectal synonyms of 火雞 (“turkey”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		鷊
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		火雞, 吐綬雞
Taxonomic name		火雞, 吐綬雞
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	外國雞
	Taiwan	火雞
	Harbin	外國雞
	Singapore	火雞
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	外國雞
Central Plains Mandarin	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	洋雞, 洋雞兒
Cantonese	Hong Kong	火雞
Cantonese	Dongguan	火雞
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	火雞
	Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian)	火雞
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian)	火雞
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	火雞
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	火雞
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	火雞
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	火雞
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	火雞
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	火雞
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	火雞
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	火雞
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	火雞
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	火雞
Southern Min	Xiamen	火雞
	Quanzhou	火雞
	Zhangzhou	火雞
	Zhao'an	火雞
	Taipei	火雞
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	火雞
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	火雞
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	火雞
	Kaohsiung	火雞
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	火雞
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	火雞
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	火雞
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	火雞
	Yilan	火雞
	Yilan (Luodong)	火雞
	Yilan (Toucheng)	火雞
	Changhua (Lukang)	火雞
	Changhua (Yongjing)	火雞
	Taichung	火雞
	Tainan	火雞
	Tainan (Anping)	火雞
	Hsinchu	火雞
	Chiayi	火雞
	Chiayi County (Dongshi)	火雞仔
	Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng)	火雞
	Kinmen	火雞
	Penghu (Magong)	火雞
	Penghu (Xiyu)	火雞
	Penang (Hokkien)	火雞
	Singapore (Hokkien)	火雞
	Manila (Hokkien)	火雞
	Jieyang	番雞
	Leizhou	火雞
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	火雞
Wu	Shanghai	火雞

(cassowary): 食火雞／食火鸡 (shíhuǒjī), 鶴鴕／鹤鸵 (hètuó)
(lighter):

Dialectal synonyms of 打火機 (“lighter”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		打火機
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	打火機, 自來火兒, 自來火
	Taiwan	打火機
	Langfang	打火機
	Chengde	打火機
	Chifeng	打火機
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	打火機
	Heihe	打火機
	Qiqihar	打火機
	Harbin	打火機
	Jiamusi	打火機, 火機
	Baicheng	打火機
	Changchun	打火機
	Tonghua	打火機
	Shenyang	打火機
	Jinzhou	打火機
	Singapore	打火機
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	打火兒機, 自來火兒
	Tangshan	打火機, 自來火兒
	Cangzhou	打火機, 自來火兒
	Baoding	打火機, 自來火兒
	Shijiazhuang	打火機, 自來火
	Lijin	打火機
	Jinan	打火機, 自來火 dated
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	打火機
	Dandong	打火機
	Yantai	打火機
	Qingdao	打火機, 自來火兒
	Zhucheng	打火機, 自來火, 火機子
Central Plains Mandarin	Lingbao	打火機
	Jining	打火機, 自來火
	Daming	打火機
	Wanrong	打火機
	Linfen	打火機
	Shangqiu	打火機
	Yuanyang	打火機
	Zhengzhou	打火機
	Xinyang	打火機
	Baihe	打火機
	Xi'an	打火機
	Baoji	打火機
	Tianshui	打火機
	Xining	打火機
	Dunhuang (Hedong dialect)	打火機
	Xuzhou	打火機, 自來火
	Fuyang	打火機
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	打火機
	Lanzhou	打火機, 自來火
	Hami	打火機
	Ürümqi	打火機
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	打火機
	Nanchong	打火機
	Dazhou	打火機
	Hanyuan	打火機
	Xichang	打火機
	Zigong	打火機
	Chongqing	打火機
	Wuhan	打火機
	Yichang	打火機
	Xiangyang	打火機
	Tianmen	打火機
	Guiyang	打火機
	Zunyi	打火機
	Bijie	打火機
	Liping	打火機
	Zhaotong	打火機
	Dali	打火機
	Kunming	打火機
	Mengzi	打火機
	Guilin	打火機
	Liuzhou	打火機
	Nanning (Wuming)	火機, 打火機
	Jishou	打火機
	Changde	打火機
	Hanzhong	打火機
	Dagudi (Maliba)	火機
	Reshuitang (Longling)	火機
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	火機
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	火機
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	打火機
	Yangzhou	打火機
	Lianyungang	打火機
	Lianshui	打火機
	Nantong	打火機
	Anqing	打火機
	Wuhu	打火機
	Hefei	打火機
	Hong'an	打火機, 火機
Cantonese	Guangzhou	打火機, 火機
	Hong Kong	打火機, 火機
	Taishan	火柴雞
	Nanning	火雞
	Wuzhou	火雞
	Yulin	火雞
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	火雞
Gan	Pengze	打火機
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	賴打, 打火機
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	賴打, 打火機
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	賴打, 打火機
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	打火機, 賴打
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	打火機, 賴打
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	打火機, 賴打
Huizhou	Shexian	打火機
Jin	Taiyuan	打火機
	Yangyuan	打火機, 自來火
	Datong	自來火兒
	Xinzhou	打火機
	Lüliang (Lishi)	打火機, 自來火兒
	Changzhi	打火機
	Linhe	打火機
	Jining	打火機
	Hohhot	打火機
	Erenhot	打火機, 自來火
	Pingshan	打火機
	Zhangjiakou	打火機, 自來火
	Handan	打火機
	Linzhou	打火機
	Suide	打火機
Eastern Min	Fuqing	火鍥
Southern Min	Xiamen	拍火機
	Zhangzhou	火揭, 火揭仔, 火刀揭仔
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	拍火機
	Taipei	火石仔
	Kaohsiung	賴打
	Yilan	賴打, 火切仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	賴打
	Taichung	賴打
	Taichung (Wuqi)	賴打
	Tainan	揭石仔
	Taitung	火石仔
	Hsinchu	火石仔
	Penghu (Magong)	賴打
	Penang (Hokkien)	拍火機, 火機
	Singapore (Hokkien)	拍火機
	Jieyang	拍火機
	Puning	火機
	Leizhou	火機
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	火機, 拍火雞

Derived terms

野火雞 / 野火鸡 (yěhuǒjī)

Adjective

火雞

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien, figurative) meddlesome