雞娃

Chinese

chicken child
trad. (雞娃/鷄娃) 雞/鷄 娃
simp. (鸡娃) 鸡 娃

Etymology

schoolchild under parental pressure
雞 / 鸡 (jī) is short for 打雞血 / 打鸡血 (dǎ jīxuè)

Pronunciation

Noun

雞娃

  1. (dialectal Mandarin) chick
  2. (neologism, slang) schoolchild under parental pressure to perform well academically

Synonyms

  • (chick):
Dialectal synonyms of 小雞 (“chick; young chicken”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 雛, 雞雛
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 雛雞
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 小雞兒
Taiwan 小雞
Harbin 雞崽兒
Shenyang 雞崽兒
Singapore 小雞
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 小雞兒
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 小雞兒
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 雞娃兒
Wanrong 雞娃
Xi'an 雞娃兒, 雞娃子
Xining 雞娃兒, 雞雞
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 雞娃子, 雞娃兒
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 雞娃娃, 雞娃子
Lanzhou 雞娃子
Ürümqi 雞娃子
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 小雞兒, 小雞, 雞娃兒, 雞娃子, 雞兒, 雞崽崽, 小雞娃, 小雞娃兒
Wuhan 小雞, 雞娃, 小雞娃, 小雞子
Guiyang 小雞兒, 雞兒, 小雞崽, 雞崽
Kunming 小雞
Liuzhou 雞崽
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 小秧雞, 小雞, 絨雞 suburbs
Yangzhou 小雞子, 小羊雞子
Nantong 小雞兒
Hefei 小雞
Cantonese Guangzhou 雞仔
Hong Kong 雞仔
Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) 雞仔
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 雞仔
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 雞仔
Taishan 雞仔
Dongguan 雞仔
Yangjiang 雞仔
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 雞仔
Singapore (Guangfu) 雞仔
Yangon (Taishan) 雞仔
Mandalay (Taishan) 雞仔
Gan Nanchang 雞崽子
Lichuan 雞崽兒
Pingxiang 雞崽子
Hakka Meixian 細雞仔, 細雞
Dongguan (Qingxi) 雞仔
Wuhua (Shuizhai) 雞仔哩
Wuhua (Mianyang) 小雞
Heyuan (Bendihua) 雞仔
Wengyuan 細雞子
Liannan 雞仔
Jiexi 雞子
Luhe 細雞仔
Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) 雞子
Changting 細雞子
Wuping (Yanqian) 細雞子
Ninghua 雞仔
Yudu 尒雞子, 雞子
Ningdu 細雞子
Tonggu (Sandu) 雞仔
Ganzhou (Panlong) 雞仔子
Dayu 雞仔哩
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 雞子, 細雞子
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 雞㸰仔, 細雞子
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 雞子, 細雞子
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 雞子, 細雞子
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 雞子, 細雞子
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 雞么
Hong Kong 雞仔
Yangxi (Tangkou) 雞子
Yangchun (Sanjia) 雞仔
Xinyi (Sihe) 雞仔
Xinyi (Qianpai) 雞仔
Gaozhou (Xindong) 雞仔
Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) 雞卒
Huazhou (Xin'an) 雞子
Lianjiang (Qingping) 雞子
Mengshan (Xihe) 雞仔
Luchuan 雞妮
Sabah (Longchuan) 雞仔
Senai (Huiyang) 雞仔
Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) 細雞仔
Huizhou Jixi 細雞
Jin Taiyuan 小雞兒, 小雞, 雞娃子
Xinzhou 小雞兒
Northern Min Jian'ou 雞仔
Eastern Min Fuzhou 雞囝
Fuqing 雞囝
Matsu 雞囝
Southern Min Xiamen 雞仔囝, 雞仔, 雞桃
Quanzhou 雞仔, 雞豚仔
Jinjiang 雞仔
Yongchun 雞囝
Zhangzhou 雞仔囝, 雞仔, 雞桃, 雞桃仔
Taipei 雞仔囝
New Taipei (Sanxia) 雞仔囝
Kaohsiung 雞仔囝
Yilan 雞仔囝
Changhua (Lukang) 雞仔囝
Taichung 雞仔囝
Taichung (Wuqi) 雞仔囝
Tainan 雞仔囝
Taitung 雞仔囝
Hsinchu 雞仔囝
Kinmen 雞仔囝
Penghu (Magong) 雞仔囝
Penang (Hokkien) 雞囝
Singapore (Hokkien) 雞囝
Manila (Hokkien) 雞仔
Medan (Hokkien) 雞囝
Chaozhou 雞囝
Bangkok (Teochew) 雞囝
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 雞囝
Singapore (Teochew) 雞囝
Haikou 雞囝
Singapore (Hainanese) 雞囝
Puxian Min Putian 雞囝
Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) 雞囝
Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) 雞囝
Xianyou 雞囝
Xianyou (Fengting) 雞囝
Xianyou (Youyang) 雞囝
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 雞崽, 細雞
Wu Shanghai 小雞
Shanghai (Chongming) 小雞
Suzhou 小雞
Danyang 小雞
Hangzhou 小雞兒
Ningbo 小雞
Wenzhou 雞兒
Jinhua 小雞, 小雞兒
Xiang Changsha 雞崽子
Loudi 雞崽唧
Shuangfeng 雞崽基
Hengyang 雞崽子
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