雞冠

See also: 鶏冠 and 鸡冠

Chinese

		fowl; chicken	to head; hat; crown to head; hat; crown; crest; cap
trad. (雞冠/鷄冠)		雞/鷄	冠
simp. (鸡冠)		鸡	冠

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jīguān

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄍㄨㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gai¹ gun¹
Min Nan (POJ): koe-koan / ke-koan
Wu (Wiktionary): ¹ji-kuoe
Xiang (Wiktionary): ji¹ gonn¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jīguān
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄍㄨㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiguan
  - Wade–Giles: chi¹-kuan¹
  - Yale: jī-gwān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiguan
  - Palladius: цзигуань (cziguanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ kwän⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    雞冠／鸡冠
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gai¹ gun¹
  - Yale: gāi gūn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gai¹ gun¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: gei¹ gun¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐi̯⁵⁵ kuːn⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koe-koan
  - Tâi-lô: kue-kuan
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koe'koafn
  - IPA (Taipei): /kue⁴⁴⁻³³ kuan⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kue³³ kuan³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kue⁴⁴⁻²² kuan⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ke-koan
  - Tâi-lô: ke-kuan
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ke'koafn
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ke⁴⁴⁻³³ kuan⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ke⁴⁴⁻²² kuan⁴⁴/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: ¹ji-kuoe
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ kv̩ʷø²¹/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: ji¹ gonn¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³³ kõ³³/

Noun

雞冠

cockscomb (crest of a rooster)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 雞冠 (“cockscomb; rooster's crest”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		雞冠, 雞冠子
Mandarin	Taiwan	雞冠
	Harbin	雞冠子
	Yantai (Muping)	雞冠子, 冠子
	Jinan	雞冠兒, 雞冠子
	Luoyang	雞冠兒
	Wanrong	雞冠子
	Xi'an	雞冠子
	Yinchuan	雞冠子
	Xining	雞冠子
	Ürümqi	雞冠子
	Wuhan	雞冠子
	Chengdu	雞冠子, 雞冠冠
	Guiyang	雞冠子
	Guilin	雞冠
	Liuzhou	雞冠
	Xuzhou	雞冠子, 雞冠
	Yangzhou	雞冠
	Nanjing	雞冠兒
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	雞冠子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	雞冠, 雞關 dated
	Hong Kong	雞冠
	Dongguan	雞冠
	Yangjiang	雞關, 雞冠
	Nanning	雞冠
	Wuzhou	雞冠
	Yulin	雞冠
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	雞冠
Gan	Nanchang	雞冠子
	Lichuan	雞冠
	Pingxiang	雞冠
Hakka	Meixian	雞公髻, 雞髻
	Xingning	雞公髻
	Huidong (Daling)	雞公髻
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	雞公髻
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	雞髻
	Wuhua (Changbu)	雞髻
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	雞公髻
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	雞髻
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	雞冠
	Jiexi	雞髻
	Luhe	雞髻
	Changting	雞公髻哩
	Wuping	雞髻
	Wuping (Pingyu)	雞髻
	Liancheng	雞公髻
	Ninghua	雞髻
	Yudu	雞冠
	Ruijin	雞髻球
	Shicheng	雞冠
	Shangyou (Shexi)	雞冠
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	雞公髻
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	雞公髻
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	雞公髻
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	雞公髻
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	雞公髻
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	雞公髻
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	雞冠
	Bobai (Shahe)	雞冠
	Sabah (Longchuan)	雞髻
	Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)	雞公髻
Huizhou	Jixi	雞冠
Jin	Taiyuan	雞冠冠
Jin	Xinzhou	雞冠子
Min Bei	Jian'ou	雞角髻
Min Dong	Fuzhou	雞髻
Min Nan	Xiamen	雞髻
	Quanzhou	雞髻
	Zhangzhou	雞髻
	Taipei	雞髻
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	雞髻
	Kaohsiung	雞髻
	Yilan	雞髻
	Changhua (Lukang)	雞髻
	Taichung	雞髻
	Tainan	雞髻
	Hsinchu	雞髻
	Kinmen	雞髻
	Penghu (Magong)	雞髻
	Shantou	雞髻
	Shantou (Chenghai)	雞髻
	Jieyang	雞髻
	Haifeng	雞髻
	Haikou	雞髻
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	雞冠
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	雞冠
Wu	Shanghai	雞冠, 雞冠頭
	Shanghai (Chongming)	雞環, 環
	Suzhou	雞冠頭
	Danyang	雞冠
	Hangzhou	雞冠
	Ningbo	雞冠頭
	Wenzhou	雞冠
	Jinhua	雞冠, 冠
Xiang	Changsha	雞冠子, 雞冠
	Loudi	雞冠子, 冠子
	Quanzhou	雞冠子

Derived terms

雞冠石／鸡冠石

雞冠花／鸡冠花 (jīguānhuā)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (雞冠):

→ Japanese: 鶏(けい)冠(かん) (keikan)
→ Korean: 계관(鷄冠) (gyegwan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
雞	冠
けい Hyōgaiji	かん Grade: S
kan’on

Kanji in this term
雞	冠
とり > と Hyōgaiji	Grade: S
kun’yomi	irregular

Kanji in this term
雞	冠
とり > とっ Hyōgaiji	Grade: S
kun’yomi	irregular

For pronunciation and definitions of 雞冠 – see the following entry.

【鶏冠とさか】	[noun] a comb, cockscomb (fleshy crest of a rooster) [noun] (colloquial) Short for 鶏冠海苔 (tosaka nori): a species of red algae, Meristotheca papulosa [noun] (theater) a kind of wig used in kabuki, with the front hair cut and split apart on the sides; used by onnagata to portray old hags
【鶏冠とっさか】	[noun] (archaic) a comb, cockscomb (fleshy crest of a rooster) [noun] (archaic, colloquial) Short for 鶏冠海苔 (tossaka nori): a species of red algae, Meristotheca papulosa
【鶏冠とりさか】	[noun] (obsolete) a comb, cockscomb (fleshy crest of a rooster)
【鶏冠けいかん】	[noun] a comb, cockscomb (fleshy crest of a rooster) [noun] (mineralogy, colloquial) Short for 鶏冠石 (keikanseki): realgar [proper noun] Jiguan (a district of Heilongjiang, China)

(This term, 雞冠, is an alternative spelling of the above terms.)

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