Chinese symbol for “pheasant”
野鸡
yě jī
Traditional: 野雞
pheasant; unregistered and operating illegally (business); (slang) prostitute
The closest CC-CEDICT match for pheasant is 野鸡 (yě jī), defined as: pheasant; unregistered and operating illegally (business); (slang) prostitute.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “pheasant”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 翚 (翬) | huī | pheasant; golden pheasant |
| 山雉 | shān zhì | pheasant |
| 鵗 | xī | pheasant |
| 鵫 | zhào | pheasant |
| 鹝 (鷊) | yì | pheasant; turkey |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 野鸡.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 野生 | yě shēng | (of animals, plants etc) wild |
| 野蛮 (野蠻) | yě mán | barbarous; uncivilized |
| 视野 (視野) | shì yě | field of view; (fig.) outlook; perspective |
| 野兽 (野獸) | yě shòu | beast; wild animal |
| 野心 | yě xīn | ambition; wild schemes |
| 野外 | yě wài | countryside; areas outside the city |
| 鸡巴 (雞巴) | jī ba | dick; penis (vulgar) |
| 鸡蛋 (雞蛋) | jī dàn | (chicken) egg; hen's egg |
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.