田鸡 (tián jī) — frog (especially edible frog)

Definition

田鸡 specifically refers to the large edible frog (often the rice-paddy frog, 虎纹蛙), and is almost always used in the context of food. The everyday word for 'frog' in general is 青蛙.

noun

frog (especially edible frog)

Measure word · 只

Examples

田鸡。
Wǒ men jīn wǎn qù nà jiā cān guǎn chī tián jī ba.
Let's go to that restaurant tonight to eat frog.
田鸡。
tián jī Shì yì zhǒng shēng huó zài dào tián lǐ de liǎng qī dòng wù.
The frog is a kind of amphibian that lives in rice paddies.
田鸡，。
Hěn duō rén dōu xǐ huan chī tián jī, yīn wèi tā de ròu hěn nèn.
Many people like to eat frog because its meat is very tender.

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