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吃雞

简吃鸡 · 繁吃雞

Mandarin · pinyin chī jī

(video games) PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG)
battle royale game
last-man-standing game
to play PUBG (or similar game)
to win at PUBG (or similar game)

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吃: chī · eat; drink; suffer, endure, bear
雞: jī · chickens; domestic fowl
鸡: jī · chicken

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1–1 · chi1 ji1

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verb

(Mandarin, neologism, slang) to win in a game of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds or other similar video games
(Mandarin, neologism, slang) to play PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds or other similar video games
(intransitive, verb-object) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 吃, 雞 /鸡 (jī).

noun

(Mandarin, slang) PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
(Mandarin, neologism, slang) battle royale

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