# 鬥雞
## Chinese

| | | fight; contend; incitefight; contend; incite; meet; encounter | fowl; chicken |
| trad. (鬥雞/鬥鷄/鬭雞/鬭鷄) | trad. (鬥雞/鬥鷄/鬭雞/鬭鷄) | 鬥/鬭 | 雞/鷄 |
| simp. (斗鸡) | simp. (斗鸡) | 斗 | 鸡 |
* 鬥雞

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): dòujī
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄡˋ ㄐㄧ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): dau$^3$ gai$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dòujī
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄡˋ ㄐㄧ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dòuji
*** Wade–Giles: tou$^4$-chi$^1$
*** Yale: dòu-jī
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dowji
*** Palladius: доуцзи (douczi)
*** Sinological IPA : /toʊ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$豆雞 / 豆鸡 鬥雞 / 斗鸡
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: dau$^3$ gai$^1$
*** Yale: dau gāi
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dau$^3$ gai$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: deo$^3$ gei$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /tɐu̯³³ kɐi̯⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: tuwH kej
Rime :
| Character | 鬥 | 雞 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 端 (5) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 侯 (137) | 齊 (39) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | I | IV |
| Fanqie | 都豆切 | 古奚切 |
| Baxter | tuwH | kej |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /təu$^H$/ | /kei/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /təu$^H$/ | /kei/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /təu$^H$/ | /kɛi/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /təw$^H$/ | /kɛj/ |
| Li Rong | /tu$^H$/ | /kei/ |
| Wang Li | /təu$^H$/ | /kiei/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /tə̯u$^H$/ | /kiei/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | dòu | jī |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | dau$^3$ | gai$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*tˤok-s kˤe/
    (Zhengzhang): /*toːɡs keː/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 鬥 | 雞 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | dòu | jī |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ tuw$^H$ › | ‹ kej › |
| Old Chinese | /*tˁok-s/ | /*kˁe/ |
| English | quarrel, wrangle | fowl, chicken |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. |||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 鬥 | 雞 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| No. | 2481 | 13357 |
| Phonetic component | 鬥 | 奚 |
| Rime group | 竇 | 支 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 鬥 | 雞 |
| Old Chinese | /*toːɡs/ | /*keː/ |

### Verb

鬥雞
* to cockfight
    From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
    Jìshì yǔ Hòushì doùjī. [Pinyin]
    The lords of Ji and Hou ran a cockfight.

#### Synonyms

* (Hokkien) 相拍雞仔／相拍鸡仔

### Noun

鬥雞
* gamecock (Classifier: 隻／只 m c)
    From: Zhuangzi, circa 3rd – 2nd centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
    Jìxǐngzǐ wèi wáng yǎng dòujī. [Pinyin]
    Ji Xing-zi was rearing a fighting-cock for the king.
* cockfighting (Classifier: 場／场 m c)
    From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
    Kǒngzǐ nián sānshíwǔ, ér Jì Píngzǐ yǔ Hòu Zhāobó yǐ doùjī gù dézuì Lǔ Zhāogōng. [Pinyin]
    When Confucius was thirty-five, Lord Ping of Ji and Lord Zhao of Hou incurred the wrath of Duke Zhao of Lu because of the fallout from a cockfight.

#### Synonyms

* (Hakka) 相打雞／相打鸡
* (Hokkien) 相拍雞仔／相拍鸡仔, 相咬雞／相咬鸡

### Adjective

鬥雞
* (Cantonese) cross-eyed

### Derived terms

* 鬥雞眼 / 斗鸡眼 (dòujīyǎn)
* 鬥雞臺 / 斗鸡台
* 鬥雞走狗 / 斗鸡走狗