雞腸

Chinese

		fowl; chicken	intestines
trad. (雞腸)		雞	腸
simp. (鸡肠)		鸡	肠

The loopy letters of cursive handwriting look like chicken intestines to Cantonese people who cannot understand English.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jīcháng

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄔㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gai¹ coeng^4-2

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Pinyin: jīcháng
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄔㄤˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jicharng
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    機場／机场
    雞腸／鸡肠
    飢腸／饥肠
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gai¹ coeng^4-2
  - Yale: gāi chéung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gai¹ tsoeng^4-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: gei¹ cêng²
  - IPA ^(key): /kɐi̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰœːŋ²¹⁻³⁵/

Noun

雞腸

chicken intestines
(Cantonese, figuratively) foreign language written in the Latin alphabet, especially English

Derived terms

雞腸鳥肚／鸡肠鸟肚

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