雞腿

See also: 鸡腿

Chinese

		fowl; chicken	leg
trad. (雞腿/鷄腿)		雞/鷄	腿
simp. (鸡腿)		鸡	腿

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jītuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧ ㄊㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gai¹ teoi²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): koe-thúi / ke-thúi
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹ci-the

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jītuǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧ ㄊㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jituěi
    • Wade–Giles: chi¹-tʻui³
    • Yale: jī-twěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jitoei
    • Palladius: цзитуй (czituj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ tʰu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jītuǐr
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧ ㄊㄨㄟˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jituěir
    • Wade–Giles: chi¹-tʻui³-ʼrh
    • Yale: jī-twěir
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jitoel
    • Palladius: цзитуйр (czitujr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ tʰu̯əɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gai¹ teoi²
    • Yale: gāi téui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gai¹ toey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gei¹ têu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐi̯⁵⁵ tʰɵy̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koe-thúi
    • Tâi-lô: kue-thuí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koe'tuie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kue⁴⁴⁻²² tʰui⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kue⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰui⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kue³³ tʰui⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ke-thúi
    • Tâi-lô: ke-thuí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ke'tuie
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ke⁴⁴⁻²² tʰui⁵³/
    • IPA (Penang): /ke³³⁻²¹ tʰui⁴⁴⁵/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ke⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰui⁴¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹ci-the
    • MiniDict: ci^平 the
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹ji-the
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ tʰe²¹/

Noun

雞腿

1. chicken leg; drumstick

   烤雞腿／烤鸡腿  ―  kǎo jītuǐ  ―  roast chicken leg

2. (neologism, slang, humorous) A token of reward or appreciation for a person's hard work; brownie points.

   給攝像加個雞腿。 [MSC, trad.]
   给摄像加个鸡腿。 [MSC, simp.]

   Gěi shèxiàng jiā ge jītuǐ. [Pinyin]

   Kudos to the cameraman. (He deserves an extra drumstick for lunch/dinner.)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 雞腿 (“chicken leg”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		雞腿
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	雞腿
	Singapore	雞腿
Southwestern Mandarin	Liuzhou	雞欛腿
Cantonese	Guangzhou	雞髀
	Hong Kong	雞髀
	Taishan	雞髀
	Kaiping (Chikan)	雞髀
	Nanning	雞巴髀
	Wuzhou	雞巴髀
	Yulin	雞腿
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	雞腿
	Singapore (Guangfu)	雞髀
Hakka	Meixian	雞髀
	Xingning	雞髀
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	雞髀
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	雞髀
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	雞髀
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	雞髀
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	雞髀
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	雞髀
	Hong Kong	雞髀
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	雞腿柄
Southern Min	Xiamen	雞摸
	Taipei	雞摸
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	雞摸, 雞腿
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	雞腿
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	雞跤
	Kaohsiung	雞腿
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	雞腿
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	雞腿
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	雞腿
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	雞腿
	Yilan (Toucheng)	雞腿
	Tainan (Anping)	雞腿
	Kinmen	雞腿
	Penghu (Magong)	雞腿
	Penghu (Xiyu)	雞腿
	Penang (Hokkien)	雞腿
	Singapore (Hokkien)	雞腿
	Leizhou	雞腿
	Singapore (Hainanese)	雞腿
Wu	Shanghai	雞腿
	Danyang	雞腿
Xiang	Changsha	雞欛子
	Loudi	雞欛子