公鸡

• 拼音: gōng jī
• 汉字拆解: 公 = male (for animals); 鸡 = 又 + 鸟, simplified from traditional 雞, meaning chicken

含义

Rooster; cock. An adult male chicken.

The male counterpart to 母鸡 (hen). Associated with dawn (公鸡打鸣 rooster crowing at dawn) and is one of the twelve Chinese zodiac animals (鸡年 Year of the Rooster). In idioms: 闻鸡起舞 (rise at the cock's crow to practice — diligence). Also appears in 公鸡中的战斗机 (a humorous expression for someone exceptional).

例句

1. 每天清晨，公鸡的打鸣声总是准时叫醒全村的人。
2. 这只大公鸡羽毛鲜艳，走起路来威风凛凛。
3. 小时候在农村，我最怕的就是那只爱啄人的大公鸡。

用法指南

语境: animals, rural life, idioms

语气: descriptive

正确说法

• 公鸡叫了，该起床了。(The rooster is crowing; time to get up.)
• 院子里养了一只公鸡。(There's a rooster raised in the yard.)

错误说法

• 把所有鸡都叫公鸡 (Don't call all chickens 公鸡 — use 鸡 for chickens in general, 公鸡 only for males, 母鸡 for hens)

起源与历史

Compound of 公 (male, for animals) + 鸡 (chicken). 公 indicates male gender in animal names.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal