母
鸡

Hen in Chinese: 母鸡 (mǔ jī)

mǔ jī

hen

HSK 3.0 Level 6Traditional: 母雞1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1hen
  2. 2don't know (humorous slang mimicking Cantonese 唔知, Jyutping: m4 zi1)

Stroke order

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母
鸡

Zhuyin

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ㄇㄨˇ

mǔ

ㄇ/ mㄨ/ uˇ/ third tone

ㄐㄧ

jī

ㄐ/ jㄧ/ i—/ first tone

Simplified & traditional

母鸡

Simplified

母雞

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 那只母鸡今天下了两个蛋。

    nà zhī mǔ jī jīn tiān xià le liǎng gè dàn。

    That hen laid two eggs today.

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Related words

鸡

jī

fowl

母

mǔ

mother

鸡蛋

jī dàn

(chicken) egg

母亲

mǔ qīn

mother

父母

fù mǔ

father and mother

字母

zì mǔ

letter (of the alphabet)

公鸡

gōng jī

cock

母女

mǔ nǚ

mother and daughter

母子

mǔ zǐ

mother and child

祖母

zǔ mǔ

father's mother

伯母

bó mǔ

wife of father's elder brother

继母

jì mǔ

stepmother

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