# 田雞
## Chinese
### Etymology

Frogs are called “chicken of the field” due to the similarity in taste, per Compendium of Materia Medica first attested in the 1578 CE:
    南人食之，呼為田雞，云肉味如雞也。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]南人食之，呼为田鸡，云肉味如鸡也。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]From: The Compendium of Materia Medica [Bencao Gangmu], by Li Shizhen, 1578 CENánrén shí zhī, hū wéi tiánjī, yún ròuwèi rú jī yě. [Pinyin]The Southerners had them as food, found their meat to be similar to chicken, and therefore called them “field chicken”.
Compare Vietnamese gà đồng (literally “field chicken”).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): tiánjī
       (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢˊ ㄐㄧ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): tian$^2$ ji$^1$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): tin$^4$ gai$^1$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): hen$^3$ gai$^{1*}$
* Gan (Wiktionary): 'tien$^2$ ji$^1$
* Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): tiên$^2$ gê$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$di-ci
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: tiánjī
*** Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢˊ ㄐㄧ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: tiánji
*** Wade–Giles: tʻien$^2$-chi$^1$
*** Yale: tyán-jī
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tyanji
*** Palladius: тяньцзи (tjanʹczi)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰi̯ɛn³⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: tian$^2$ ji$^1$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: tiangi
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰiɛn²¹ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: tin$^4$ gai$^1$
*** Yale: tìhn gāi
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tin$^4$ gai$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: tin$^4$ gei$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰiːn²¹ kɐi̯⁵⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: hen$^3$ gai$^{1*}$
*** Sinological IPA : /hen²² kai³³⁻³³⁵/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: 'tien$^2$ ji$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /ˈtʰiɛn²⁴ t͡ɕi⁴²/
* Hakka
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: tiên$^2$ gê$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰiɛn¹¹ ke⁴⁴/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$di-ci
*** MiniDict: di$^去$ ci
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$di-ji
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /di²² t͡ɕi⁴⁴/

### Noun

田雞
* frog (amphibian); more specifically the Chinese edible frog (Hoplobatrachus chinensis, syn. Hoplobatrachus rugulosus) (Classifier: 隻／只)
    From: 2015, 陳彥甫, 肉類營養密碼, page 247
    Tiánjī shǔyú gāo dànbái, dī zhīfáng de shícái, shìhé dòngmài yìnghuà, xīnxuèguǎn jíbìng huànzhě, hé tǐzhì xūruò zhě bǔchōng yíngyǎng. [Pinyin]
    Frog is a type of high-protein and low-fat food, suitable for patients of arteriosclerosis and cardiovascular disease, as well as people who are physically weak, to replenish their nutrients.
* (figurative, colloquial, humorous or derogatory) Short for 四眼田雞／四眼田鸡 (sìyǎn tiánjī, “bespectacled person, four-eyes”).
    From: 2005, 王之 (Chih Wang), 五十肩和泡澡堂, in 東鱗西爪 (Patches of Light Clouds), page 44
    Ér wǒ, tiánjī yī zhī, yǒumùwúzhū, bù dài yǎnjìng, zhǐchǐ zhī gé, bùfēn nán róng nǚ mào, yǎnqián shì nán shì nǚ, chuān duō chuān shǎo, jī wú qūbié. [Pinyin]
    But as for me, a “frog” who has eyes without pupils, if I don't wear glasses, even if it's the nearest distance, I can't distinguish between the face of a man and that of a woman; whether it's a man or a woman in front of me, whether they are wearing a lot or a little, there's almost no difference.

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 蛙 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 青蛙 |
| Taxonomic name | Taxonomic name | 蛙 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 蛤蟆, 田雞 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 青蛙, 田雞 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Langfang | 蛤蟆 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 蛤蟆 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 青蛙, 蛤蟆 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 蛤蟆 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 青蛙, 蛤蟆 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 青蛙, 蛤蟆 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 蛤蟆, 青蛙, 青乖子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Wuchang (Yingchengzi) | 蛤蟆 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 青蛙, 青乖子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 青蛙, 蛤蟆 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 蛤蟆 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 蛤蟆 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 蛤蟆, 青蛙, 青乖子, 田雞 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 青蛙, 蛤蟆, 青罐兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 青蛙 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 青蛙, 田雞 as food |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 蛤蟆 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 蛤蟆, 青蛙 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 蛤蟆 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Xianxian (Xiaoying) | 蛤蟆 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 田雞 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 蛤蟆 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 蛤蟆 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 蛤蟆, 田雞 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 青蛙, 青蛙子, 蛤蟆 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 青崴子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 蚧巴子, 張拉崴子, 張崴子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 青崴, 崴子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 歪子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 蛤蟆 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 蛤蟆 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 蛤蟆, 水雞兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Daming | 蛤蟆 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 水雞子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 蛤蟆, 田雞, 水雞兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 青蛙, 蛤蟆, 水雞 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 青蛙, 蛤蟆 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 蛤蟆 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 蛤蟆 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 青蛙, 蛤蟆 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 蛤蟆, 青蛙, 田雞 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 青蛙 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 青雞 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 青蛙 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 青蛙, 田雞, 蛤蟆, 水雞兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 青蛙, 蛤蟆 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 懶呱子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 田畝雞, 青蛙 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 青蛙, 金蛤蟆, 長腿癩蛤蟆 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 青蛙 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 癩呱呱 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 青蛙, 蛤蟆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 蜞蟆兒, 青蜞蟆兒, 青蛙, 田雞 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 青蛙, 田雞 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 蛤蟆兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 青瘸蟆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 青蛙 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 青蛙, 蛤蟆兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 瘸滾兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 蛤蟆, 綠蛤蟆, 田雞, 青蛙 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 青蛙, 田雞, 蛤蟆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 蛤蟆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 青蛙, 蛤蟆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 青蛙, 田雞, 蛤蟆, 石蚌 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 蛤蟆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 蛤蟆, 青蛤蟆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 蛤蟆, 青皮蛤蟆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 青蛙, 田雞, 石蚌 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 青蛙, 田雞, 青雞 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 青蛙, 田雞 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 青蛙 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 蟆𧊅 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guanyang | 蟆𧊅 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Lipu | 屎𧊅 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Pingle | 蟆𧊅, 田雞 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yangshuo | 蟆𧊅 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 蟆𧊅 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Luzhai | 蟆𧊅, 田雞 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Wuming) | 蟆𧊅, 青蛙 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Binyang (Nanjie) | 蟆𧊅 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hechi (Yizhou) | 青蛙, 蟆𧊅 big, 田雞 big, 蟆𧊅崽 small |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Luocheng (Dongmen) | 蟆𧊅 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangzhou (Nalu) | 蟆𧊅 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 青蛤蟆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 蛤蟆, 田雞 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 青蛙 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 田雞, 水雞, 蛤蟆, 青蛙 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 田雞子, 田雞, 水雞子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 田雞子, 田雞, 蛙子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 青蛙子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 田雞 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 蛤蟆, 水雞兒 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 蛤蟆, 田雞 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 蛤蟆, 田雞, 青蛙 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Chuzhou | 田雞 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 蛤蟆, 水雞 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 青蛙, 田雞, 蛤乸, 蛤𧊅 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 青蛙, 田雞, 蛤乸, 蛤𧊅 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 蛤𧊅, 蛤乸 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 蛤 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 田雞 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 田雞 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 蛤乸 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 蛤乸 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 田雞 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 青蛙, 田雞 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 雙養 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 田雞 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 蛤乸 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 蛤乸 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 田雞 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 田雞 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 田雞 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 田雞 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 蛤 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 田雞, 蛤 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 田雞, 蛤𧊅 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 田雞 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 田雞 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 田雞 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 蛤, 田雞 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 蛤 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 蛤, 田雞 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 蛤乸, 蛤𧊅 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 蛤乸 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 田雞, 蛤乸 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 田雞, 蛤乸 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 田雞, 蛤乸 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 田雞, 蛤乸 |
| Cantonese | Danzhou | 蛤 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 田雞, 青蛙 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 田雞 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 田雞 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 田雞, 千里馬 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 蛤蟆, 田雞, 老蛤 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 蛤蟆 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 鬼蛤蟆 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 𧊅仔, 田雞, 蛤蟆 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 田雞 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 蚧嫲 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 蛤蟆 |
| Hakka | Zengcheng (Zhengguo) | 蛤蟆, 田雞 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Wuguishan) | 蛤蟆 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 蛤蟆 |
| Hakka | Changting | 蛤蟆 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 𧊅 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 𧊅仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 𧊅仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 𧊅仔 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 𧊅 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 𧊅仔 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 𧊅子 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 蛤蟆 |
| Hakka | Yangshuo (Jinbao) | 蟆𧊅 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 蛤蟆, 𧊅哩, 蛤𧊅 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 𧊅仔 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 𧊅 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 水雞, 田雞, 蛤蟆 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 蛤蟆, 田雞 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 蛤蟆 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 青蛙, 蛤蟆, 青疥 |
| Jin | Datong | 蛤蟆 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 蛤蟆 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 蛤蟆 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 蛤蟆 |
| Jin | Linhe | 青蛙 |
| Jin | Jining | 蛤蟆 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 蛤蟆, 青蛙 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 蛤蟆 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 蛤蟆 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 蛤蟆, 青蛙 |
| Jin | Handan | 蛤蟆, 青蛙 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 青幫 |
| Jin | Suide | 蛤蟆 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 田狗, 水雞 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 青蛤, 黃䱝, 水雞 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 青蛤, 黃䱝, 水雞 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 黃䱝 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 田蛤仔, 水雞 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 水雞 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 埯魅坸仔, 水雞 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 水雞 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 田蛤仔, 水雞 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 大肚仔魚, 水雞, 田蛤仔, 杜蝛仔 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 水雞, 田蛤仔, 肚蛙 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 水雞, 四跤仔, 田蛤仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 水雞, 蛤仔 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 水雞, 田蛤仔 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 水雞 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 水雞, 四跤魚, 田蛤仔, 田僑 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 水雞 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 水雞 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 水雞 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 水雞 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 水雞, 蛤婆, 田蛤仔 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 水雞, 田蛤仔 |
| Southern Min | Guilin (Biyange) | 青老蛙 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 蛤虯, 水雞 |
| Southern Min | Raoping | 水雞 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 水雞, 蛤虯 small |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 水雞, 蛤虯 small |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 蛤蛄, 蛤虯 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 蛤虯 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 田雞, 蛤 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 蛤, 田雞 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 蛤, 田雞, 螻蛤 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 洋乜, 水雞 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 洋乜, 水雞 |
| Central Min | Nanping (Wangtai, Yanping) | 田狗 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 黃蛤, 青蛙 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 田雞 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 蛤, 田雞 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 蛤蟆 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 田雞, 青蛙 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 田雞 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 田雞, 青蛙 |
| Wu | Danyang | 田雞, 青蛙 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 田雞 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 癩斯, 青蛙癩斯, 田雞, 水雞 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 蛤蟆, 蛤蟆牯, 田雞 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 田雞, 蟥蟆 |
| Wu | Jinhua (Tangxi) | 田雞, 蛤蟆 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 蛤蟆, 蛤蟆子, 蟆𧊅, 水雞 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 蟆𧊅, 蟆𧊅子 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 蟆𧊅子 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 蟆𧊅 |

#### Derived terms

* 四眼田雞／四眼田鸡 (sìyǎn tiánjī)
* 田雞油／田鸡油
* 田雞炮／田鸡炮
* 田雞腿／田鸡腿 (tiánjītuǐ)
* 田雞褲／田鸡裤