Rooster in Chinese (Mandarin): 公鸡 (gōngjī)

公鸡
gōngjī
rooster
- Simplified
- 公鸡
- Traditional
- 公雞
- Pinyin
- gōngjī
- Typed as
- gongji
Use it in a sentence
公鸡每天早上叫。
公雞每天早上叫。
The rooster crows every morning.
The characters in 公鸡
公
Male; also public.
4 strokes
鸡 / 雞
Chicken.
7 strokes
公 marks a male animal and 母 (mǔ) a female: a rooster is 公鸡 and a hen is 母鸡 (mǔjī).
More examples with 公鸡
公鸡喔喔叫。
公雞喔喔叫。
Gōngjī wōwō jiào.
The rooster goes cock-a-doodle-doo.
公鸡的尾巴很漂亮。
公雞的尾巴很漂亮。
Gōngjī de wěiba hěn piàoliang.
The rooster has a beautiful tail.
How to write 公鸡 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
公 4 strokes
鸡 7 strokes
In Traditional characters:
雞 18 strokes
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