雞籠

Chinese

fowl; chicken basket; cage
trad. (雞籠/鷄籠) /
simp. (鸡笼)

Pronunciation


Noun

雞籠

  1. chicken coop; henhouse
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Likely from Ketangalan ke- (locative prefix; domain marker), cognate to Tagalog ka- -an (locative circumfix), Indonesian ke- -an, Malay ke- -an, with the noun root of the compound replaced with Hokkien (lâng, person).

Pronunciation


Noun

雞籠

  1. (chiefly historical, still common in Southern Min) Alternative name for 基隆 (Jīlóng).
Descendants
  • English: Chi-lung, Keelung

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of – see 雞罱 (“(Min Nan) chicken coop; henhouse”).
(This term is a variant form of 雞罱).
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