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 hěnduō 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 dìyī 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