| 宫保鸡丁 |
gōng bǎo jī dīng |
Kung Pao Chicken / spicy diced chicken |
| 宫 |
Gōng |
surname Gong |
| 宫 |
gōng |
palace / temple / castration (as corporal punishment) / first note in pentatonic scale |
| 保 |
Bǎo |
Bulgaria (abbr. for 保加利亚) |
| 保 |
bǎo |
to defend; to protect; to keep / to guarantee; to ensure / (old) civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲 system |
| 鸡 |
jī |
fowl / chicken / CL:只 / (slang) prostitute |
| 鸡丁 |
jī dīng |
diced chicken meat |
| 丁 |
Dīng |
surname Ding |
| 丁 |
dīng |
male adult / the 4th of the 10 Heavenly Stems 天干 / fourth (used like "4" or "D") / small cube of meat or vegetable / (literary) to encounter / (archaic) ancient Chinese compass point: 195° / (chemistry) butyl |
| 丁 |
zhēng |
used in 丁丁 |