打雞血

Chinese

		beat; strike; break beat; strike; break; mix up; build; fight; fetch; make; tie up; issue; shoot; calculate; since; from; dozen	chicken blood
trad. (打雞血/打鷄血)		打	雞血/鷄血
simp. (打鸡血)		打	鸡血
Literally: “to have an injection of chicken blood”.

Etymology

From the name of a pseudomedical therapy popular in China during the Cultural Revolution.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dǎ jīxuè, dǎ jīxuě, dǎ jīxiě

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˇ ㄐㄧㄒㄩㄝˋ, ㄉㄚˇ ㄐㄧㄒㄩㄝˇ, ㄉㄚˇ ㄐㄧㄒㄧㄝˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daa² gai¹ hyut³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dǎ jīxuè
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˇ ㄐㄧㄒㄩㄝˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dǎ jisyuè
  - Wade–Giles: ta³ chi¹-hsüeh⁴
  - Yale: dǎ jī-sywè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daa jishiueh
  - Palladius: да цзисюэ (da czisjue)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi⁵⁵ ɕy̯ɛ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dǎ jīxuě
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˇ ㄐㄧㄒㄩㄝˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dǎ jisyuě
  - Wade–Giles: ta³ chi¹-hsüeh³
  - Yale: dǎ jī-sywě
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daa jisheue
  - Palladius: да цзисюэ (da czisjue)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi⁵⁵ ɕy̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; colloquial in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dǎ jīxiě
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˇ ㄐㄧㄒㄧㄝˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dǎ jisiě
  - Wade–Giles: ta³ chi¹-hsieh³
  - Yale: dǎ jī-syě
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daa jishiee
  - Palladius: да цзисе (da czise)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: daa² gai¹ hyut³
  - Yale: dá gāi hyut
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daa² gai¹ hyt⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: da² gei¹ hüd³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taː³⁵ kɐi̯⁵⁵ hyːt̚³/

Verb

打⫽雞血 (verb-object)

(idiomatic, figurative) to suddenly become hyperactive, high-spirited or aggressive

Derived terms

雞娃／鸡娃 (jīwá)

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