烤火鸡

烤火雞

kǎohuǒjī

noun

Measure Word

一只烤火鸡 zhī

Meanings

1 roast turkey

Characters

Examples

感恩节和圣诞节很多家庭都吃烤火鸡。

Gǎn'ēnjié hé Shèngdànjié hěn duō jiātíng dōu chī kǎohuǒjī.

Many families eat roast turkey at Thanksgiving and Christmas.

她第一次自己烤了一只火鸡。

Tā dì-yī cì zìjǐ kǎo le yì zhī huǒjī.

She roasted a turkey by herself for the first time.

Tips

culture

Turkey is not part of traditional Chinese cuisine — 烤火鸡 is associated entirely with Western holidays. 火鸡 is a calque of "turkey" via "fire-bird," named for its red head.

Stroke Order

烤 kǎo

火 huǒ

鸡 jī