| 普通秧鸡 |
pǔ tōng yāng jī |
(bird species of China) brown-cheeked rail (Rallus indicus) |
| 普 |
pǔ |
general / popular / everywhere / universal |
| 普通 |
pǔ tōng |
common / ordinary / general / average |
| 通 |
tōng |
to go through / to know well / (suffix) expert / to connect / to communicate / open / to clear / classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc |
| 通 |
tòng |
classifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc) |
| 秧 |
yāng |
sapling; seedling; sprout; (esp.) rice seedling / stem; stalk; vine / baby livestock; fry / (dialect) to raise; to cultivate (plants or animals) |
| 鸡 |
jī |
fowl / chicken / CL:只 / (slang) prostitute |
| 鸡 |
jī |
variant of 鸡 |