野鸡 meaning in English

yějī

pheasant; unregistered and operating illegally (business)

Traditional 野雞18 strokes

Meaning of 野鸡

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

yějī
  1. pheasant
  2. unregistered and operating illegally (business)
  3. (slang) prostitute

野鸡 in example sentences

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

那nà是shì一yī只zhī野yě鸡jī。
That's a pheasant.

Stroke order for each character

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

野 yě · field · 11 strokes

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鸡 jī · fowl · 7 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 野鸡.

鸡蛋jīdàn(chicken) egg; hen's egg
公鸡gōngjīcock; rooster
野生yěshēng(of animals, plants etc) wild
母鸡mǔjīhen; don't know (humorous slang mimicking Cantonese 唔知, Jyutping: m4 zi1)
野兽yěshòubeast; wild animal
野蛮yěmánbarbarous; uncivilized
野心yěxīnambition; wild schemes
野餐yěcānpicnic; to have a picnic
视野shìyěfield of view; (fig.) outlook; perspective
野外yěwàicountryside; areas outside the city
野营yěyíngto camp; field lodgings
野炊yěchuīto cook a meal over a campfire (usu. for a group of people on an outing); cookout

Questions about 野鸡

What does 野鸡 mean?

野鸡 (yějī) means "pheasant; unregistered and operating illegally (business)".

How do you write 野鸡?

野鸡 is made of 2 characters: 野 (11 strokes), 鸡 (7 strokes). That is 18 strokes in total.

How is 野鸡 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 野鸡 is written 野雞.