# 鐵公雞
## Chinese

| | | iron | cock; rooster |
| trad. (鐵公雞/鐵公鷄) | trad. (鐵公雞/鐵公鷄) | 鐵 | 公雞/公鷄 |
| simp. (铁公鸡) | simp. (铁公鸡) | 铁 | 公鸡 |

### Etymology
#### “cheapstake; scrooge”

    First part of the xiehouyu 鐵公雞——一毛不拔／铁公鸡——一毛不拔 (literally “iron rooster—not a feather to pluck”).

#### “fist fight”

    From the title of a Qing opera about the Taiping Rebellion which involved many fighting scenes.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): tiěgōngjī
    (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄐㄧ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): tit$^3$ gung$^1$ gai$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^7$thiq-kon-ci
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: tiěgōngjī
*** Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄐㄧ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: tiěgongji
*** Wade–Giles: tʻieh$^3$-kung$^1$-chi$^1$
*** Yale: tyě-gūng-jī
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tieegongji
*** Palladius: тегунцзи (tegunczi)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: tit$^3$ gung$^1$ gai$^1$
*** Yale: tit gūng gāi
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tit$^8$ gung$^1$ gai$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: tid$^3$ gung$^1$ gei$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰiːt̚³ kʊŋ⁵⁵ kɐi̯⁵⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^7$thiq-kon-ci
*** MiniDict: thih$^入$ kon ci
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^4$thiq-kon-ji
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /tʰiɪʔ³³ koŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi²¹/

### Noun

鐵公雞
* (xiehouyu, figurative) cheapskate; scrooge (Classifier: 個／个 m c)
    From: 2010, 馬翠蘿, 《星月童話·遇上百分百王子》, page 132
    Gǎo le bàntiān, xièshīyàn shì qǐng wǒ lái zhège xiǎo 麵diàn chī dōngxi ya! Nǐ zhēn shì ge tiěgōngjī, nà bùshì piányi nǐ le ma? [Pinyin]
    After all this, you're just going to treat me to something at this small noodle shop as the teacher appreciation banquet! You're such a cheapskate. Isn't this letting you off too easily?
* (chiefly Singapore) fist fight
    上演鐵公雞／上演铁公鸡 ― shàngyǎn tiěgōngjī ― to have a fist fight

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 吝嗇鬼, 小氣鬼, 鐵公雞 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 貧摳兒, 摳門兒, 小摳兒, 死摳兒, 小氣鬼, 嗇刻鬼, 嗇殼子, 鐵公雞 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 吝嗇鬼, 小氣鬼, 鐵公雞, 守財奴 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Langfang | 小摳兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 老摳兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 吝嗇鬼, 小摳兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 看財奴, 小摳兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 吝嗇鬼, 小店兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 吝嗇鬼 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 吝嗇鬼, 小摳兒, 小氣鬼, 窮頭 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 吝嗇鬼, 小摳兒, 小店兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 吝嗇鬼, 小摳 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 吝嗇鬼, 小摳兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 小摳兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 吝嗇鬼, 小摳兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 吝嗇鬼, 看財奴, 小摳兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 吝嗇鬼 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 吝嗇鬼 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 窮摳兒, 老錢包兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 老摳, 摳惜, 摳吸鬼兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 吝嗇鬼, 老細絲, 摳兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 看財奴, 守財奴 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 老摳兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 小氣鬼, 死摳 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 小氣鬼, 看財奴, 鐵公雞 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 小摳兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 吝嗇鬼 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 小氣鬼兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 小摳摳兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 小氣鬼, 老割 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 玍古蛋子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 小摳兒, 摳癟嗇, 鐵公雞, 琉璃公雞蘸皮膠, 看財奴, 老摳 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 吝嗇鬼 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 小氣鬼, 甲魚頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Daming | 老摳兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 小氣鬼, 鐵公雞 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 仔細佬鬼 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 吝嗇鬼, 老尖頭, 老摳兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 摳兒, 小氣 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 老摳兒, 鐵公雞 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 嗇條 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 吝嗇鬼, 嗇皮 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 吝嗇鬼, 嗇皮, 嗇皮甲甲子, 鐵公雞 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 嗇皮 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 小氣鬼 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 小氣鬼, 摳皮蟲兒, 老摳, 摳摳 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 搜摳兒, 搜屄摳兒, 小氣鬼兒, 小氣鬼, 小摳兒, 肉頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 吝嗇鬼 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 小氣毛, 嗇鱉 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 嗇子皮, 鐵公雞, 嗇皮鬼, 小氣鬼 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 嗇皮, 嗇鬼, 冰草根 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 嗇皮, 毬皮, 小氣鬼 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 窮倯鬼, 小氣鬼, 嗇皮鬼, 嗇皮, 老嗇皮, 老摳兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 嗇夾子, 嗇家子, 苟夾夾, 吝嗇鬼, 老坎, 老牛筋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 吝嗇鬼 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 夾 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 老牛筋, 嗇洽子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 吝嗇鬼 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 吝嗇鬼, 老慳, 嗇皮鬼 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 吝嗇鬼, 鐵雞娃兒, 財狗, 夾, 逗角兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 吝嗇鬼, 小氣鬼, 慳蛋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 吝嗇鬼, 小氣鬼 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 嗇家鬼, 小氣鬼 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 吝嗇鬼, 小氣鬼 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 夾摳客, 夾殼核桃, 摳摳客, 摳神, 財迷, 老財迷 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 夾殼兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 夾摳老者, 財迷 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 吝嗇鬼 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 小氣鬼 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 尖鉤鉤, 尖鉤子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 吝嗇鬼, 小氣鬼 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 小氣鬼 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 小氣鬼 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 小氣鬼, 沙屁股, 鐵公雞 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 錐子婆, 過勁婆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 小氣鬼 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 吝嗇鬼, 嗇皮 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 小氣鬼, 嗇摳, 嗇皮乾兒, 嗇乾兒, 嗇兒鬼, 摳頭兒 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 小氣鬼子, 嗇刻鬼, 嗇巴子, 嗇屄苛子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 吝嗇鬼, 小氣鬼, 肉頭 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 小氣鬼 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 鐵公雞, 小氣鬼, 小氣鬼兒 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 小氣鬼 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 摳巴生 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 吝嗇鬼, 小氣鬼, 摳巴精 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 小氣鬼 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 度縮, 孤寒度, 孤寒種, 孤寒鬼, 算死草, 阿隔, 鐵沙梨, 知微友, 知慎友 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 度縮, 孤寒度, 孤寒種, 孤寒鬼, 算死草 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 度縮, 孤寒種, 孤寒蟲, 孤寒鬼 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 嗇鬼, 嗇屄 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 慳吝鬼 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 齧鬼, 淒老鬼, 吝嗇鬼 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 孤寒鬼 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 孤寒佬, 孤寒鬼, 孤寒度, 孤寒搭度, 孤寒種, 蔑屑鬼 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua) | 孤寒佬 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua) | 孤寒佬 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua) | 孤寒佬 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 小氣鬼 |
| Hakka | Longmen (Pingling Bendihua) | 孤寒佬 |
| Hakka | Longmen (Luxi Bendihua) | 孤寒佬 |
| Hakka | Boluo (Bendihua) | 孤寒鬼, 孤寒佬 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 孤寒種 |
| Hakka | Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua) | 孤寒佬 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua) | 孤寒佬 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua) | 寒酸佬 |
| Hakka | Heping (Linzhai Bendihua) | 孤寒鬼 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Zhongxin Bendihua) | 小蔑鬼 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Longjie Bendihua) | 小蔑鬼 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 齧察鬼 |
| Hakka | Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua) | 孤寒佬 |
| Hakka | Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua) | 孤寒鬼 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 小氣鬼 |
| Hakka | Changting | 齧察鬼 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 齧察貨 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 齧察鬼 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 齧察鬼, 鼻血鬼 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 惡蛆 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 齧鬼, 齧察鬼, 錢桊仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 齧鬼, 齧察鬼, 錢桊仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 齧鬼, 齧察鬼, 錢桊仔 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 齧鬼, 齧察鬼, 錢桊 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 齧鬼, 齧察鬼, 錢桊仔 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 虯鬼, 錢桊 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 小毛鬼, 小氣鬼, 鐵公雞 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 小氣鬼, 小米鬼 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 圪沁頭, 圪噙頭, 圪縮鬼, 小氣鬼, 看財奴, 窟綠圪蛋 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 吝嗇鬼, 老摳 |
| Jin | Datong | 吝嗇鬼 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 把家猴, 看財奴兒 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 精骨子, 財迷精 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 摳摳手, 老財迷 |
| Jin | Linhe | 小氣鬼, 憋腦, 缺頭 |
| Jin | Jining | 吝嗇鬼 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 老缺頭 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 小氣鬼 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 老惜絲 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 吝嗇鬼, 老摳 |
| Jin | Handan | 老摳兒, 小氣 |
| Jin | Suide | 嗇皮, 老摳兒 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 嗇鄙鬼 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 貽順哥, 奸狡利, 十絕哥 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 小氣鬼, 貽順哥 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 枵鬼儂, 貓𡳞儂 vulgar, 㾀屎儂 vulgar |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 枵鬼儂 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 㾀屎客 vulgar |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 鱉囝 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 枵鬼儂 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 竭仔哥, 竭仔頭, 凍霜仔鬼, 錢奴才 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 鹹澀鬼 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 鹹澀鬼 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 鹹澀佬, 鼠鬼相 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 刺麻傍 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 鹹澀鬼 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 小氣鬼 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 小氣鬼, 密屑鬼, 刮皮鬼, 鐵公雞, 老刮鏟 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 小氣精 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 掐煞鬼, 嗇客 |
| Wu | Danyang | 嗇掐鬼, 小氣鬼 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 小氣鬼, 小氣鬼兒, 精馬鬼兒, 鐵公雞 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 小氣屄, 刮皮鬼 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 小氣屄, 貓兒屄, 貓屄客, 臭皮蛋 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 小氣鬼, 刻嗇鬼 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 摳鬼 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 小相鬼 |

#### Further reading

* “Entry #14682”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.
* Singaporean Mandarin Database