鸡杂 (jīzá) · chicken offal

Measure Word

一份鸡杂 fèn

Meanings

1 chicken offal
2 chicken giblets (heart, liver, gizzard, intestines)

About the ingredient

Chicken hearts, gizzards, livers and often intestines, usually sold together. In Chongqing they are stir-fried with pickled chili, and they go into Sichuan hotpot.

Used in 1 dish

钵钵鸡 bōbōjī

Characters

Examples

HSK 7-9

泡椒鸡杂是重庆的下饭菜。

Pàojiāo jīzá shì Chóngqìng de xiàfàncài.

Pickled-chili chicken giblets is a Chongqing rice-killer dish.

HSK 7-9

菜市场专门有一摊卖鸡杂的。

Càishìchǎng zhuānmén yǒu yì tān mài jīzá de.

At the wet market there's a stall just for chicken giblets.

Tips

usage

杂 here is 'miscellaneous [innards]' - the same morpheme appears in 猪杂 (pork offal), 牛杂 (beef offal), 下水 (general offal, colloquial). 鸡杂 on a menu typically means heart + gizzard + liver together.