烤鸡 (kǎojī) · roast chicken

Measure Word

一只烤鸡 zhī

Meanings

1 roast chicken

Made with

About the dish

家常菜 Home-style · 热菜 Hot dish

A whole chicken or chicken pieces, marinated and roasted until the skin is brown and crisp and the meat juicy. Often brushed with maltose, so slightly sweet; some versions are rubbed with chili and Sichuan pepper.

Characters

Examples

HSK 1

晚上我们吃烤鸡吧。

Wǎnshang wǒmen chī kǎojī ba.

Let's have roast chicken tonight.

HSK 7-9

这家的烤鸡外酥里嫩。

Zhè jiā de kǎojī wài sū lǐ nèn.

This place's roast chicken is crispy outside and tender inside.

Tips

culture

Street-food 烤鸡 is sold whole from rotisserie carts or small shops, often marinated with cumin and chili. Supermarkets also sell pre-roasted whole chickens, and KFC's similar product is called 烤全鸡 (kǎoquánjī).