鸡 — meaning in English

English meaning

• broody adjective Feeling a strong longing to have a baby.
• chicken noun A common domesticated bird raised for its eggs and meat.

Senses

鸡 is used for these senses in English:

• broody A female bird in the condition to incubate eggs; a broody hen, duck, etc.
• chicken (uncountable) The meat from this bird eaten as food.

broody — full definition

1. adjective Feeling a strong longing to have a baby.
2. adjective Quiet, moody and lost in gloomy thought.
3. adjective Of a hen, sitting on eggs to hatch them, or wanting to.

chicken — full definition

1. noun A common domesticated bird raised for its eggs and meat.
2. noun The meat of this bird, eaten as food.
3. noun (informal) A cowardly person.
4. adj (informal) Cowardly; afraid to do something.
5. verb (informal, usually with "out") To back out of something through fear.

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