In a season of felicitations and rooster-related bonhomie, it is worth remembering that in the Chinese linguistic multiverse the word 雞 jī (鸡 鳮 鶏 鷄) covers a range of meanings: chicken, hen, rooster, cock, heroic, outspoken, steadfast, as well as including less-salubrious terms such as prostitute 雞、 野雞 (the latter expression also means pheasant, although 野雞大學 means … Continue reading The Year of the Rooster, On Reading