Turkey in Chinese (Mandarin): 火鸡 (huǒjī)
火鸡
huǒjī
turkey
- Simplified
- 火鸡
- Traditional
- 火雞
- Pinyin
- huǒjī
- Typed as
- huoji
Use it in a sentence
感恩节我们吃火鸡。
感恩節我們吃火雞。
On Thanksgiving we eat turkey.
The characters in 火鸡
火
Fire.
4 strokes
鸡 / 雞
Chicken.
7 strokes
火鸡 is a "fire chicken", perhaps for the red skin on its neck. Thanksgiving is 感恩节 (Gǎn'ēnjié).
More examples with 火鸡
火鸡很大。
火雞很大。
Huǒjī hěn dà.
Turkeys are big.
火鸡咯咯叫。
火雞咯咯叫。
Huǒjī gēgē jiào.
The turkey gobbles.
How to write 火鸡 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
火 4 strokes
鸡 7 strokes
In Traditional characters:
雞 18 strokes
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