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火鸡 meaning in English

huǒjī

turkey

Traditional 火雞11 strokes

Meaning of 火鸡

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

huǒjī
  1. turkey

火鸡 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

这zhè只zhǐ火huǒ鸡jī味wèi道dào很hěn好hǎo。
This turkey tastes good.
你nǐ什shén么me时shí候hòu吃chī火huǒ鸡jī？
When do you eat turkey?
她tā是shì素sù食shí者zhě，所suǒ以yǐ她tā没méi吃chī火huǒ鸡jī，而ér是shì吃chī了le豆dòu腐fǔ。
She's vegetarian, so she ate tofu instead of turkey.
玛mǎ丽lì把bǎ围wéi裙qún系xì在zài她tā的de腰yāo上shàng，然rán后hòu把bǎ火huǒ鸡jī从cóng烤kǎo箱xiāng里lǐ拿ná出chū来lái了le。
Mary tied an apron around her waist and then took the turkey out of the oven.
我wǒ爷yé爷yé农nóng场chǎng养yǎng的de火huǒ鸡jī吵chǎo得de要yào命mìng，真zhēn想xiǎng牠tā们men快kuài点diǎn被bèi人rén吃chī掉diào。
The turkeys in my grandfather's farm are very noisy, I can't wait for them to get eaten.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

火 huǒ · fire · 4 strokes

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  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4

鸡 jī · fowl · 7 strokes

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  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
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  7. 7

Related words

Words that share a character with 火鸡.

火车huǒchētrain
鸡蛋jīdàn(chicken) egg; hen's egg
着火zháohuǒto catch fire
火灾huǒzāiserious fire (in a city or a forest etc)
火腿huǒtuǐham
火柴huǒcháimatch (for lighting fire)
火箭huǒjiànrocket
公鸡gōngjīcock; rooster
母鸡mǔjīhen; don't know (humorous slang mimicking Cantonese 唔知, Jyutping: m4 zi1)
火焰huǒyànblaze; flame
火山huǒshānvolcano
发火fāhuǒto catch fire; to ignite; to lose one's temper; to blow up

Questions about 火鸡

What does 火鸡 mean?

火鸡 (huǒjī) means "turkey".

How do you write 火鸡?

火鸡 is made of 2 characters: 火 (4 strokes), 鸡 (7 strokes). That is 11 strokes in total.

How is 火鸡 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 火鸡 is written 火雞.