<p>compare: <strong>活禽</strong></p>

<p><em>KEY</em></p>

<blockquote>
  <p>{agriculture} live poultry</p>
</blockquote>

<p>vs.</p>

<p><strong>鸡肉</strong></p>

<p><em>KEY</em></p>

<blockquote>
  <p>chicken (as food), chicken meat</p>
</blockquote>

<p><strong>鸭肉</strong></p>

<p><em>ABC</em></p>

<blockquote>
  <p>duck meat</p>
</blockquote>

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Mou某
<p>活禽 or 活家禽 means live poultry, as @user3306356 answered. (<a href="http://www.ichacha.net/search.aspx?q=%E6%B4%BB%E7%A6%BD&amp;p=5" rel="nofollow">Reference</a>)</p>

<p>For living animal, it is the name of the animal with 「活」(alive) at the beginning. Such as 活雞living chicken、活鴨living docks、活豬living pigs、活牛living cows. Sometimes 「生」replacing 「活」 can also mean the same thing, e.g. 活豬 = 生豬, but 「生」have the meaning of "born", "give birth to". E.g. 母牛生小牛, 母雞生雞蛋, so depends on the context, be careful to use the right word.</p>

<p>For plucked, gutted animals, we would say its meat. If you want to say fresh meat, you can say 鮮肉, and specifically 鮮雞肉fresh chicken、鮮豬肉fresh pork、新鮮羊肉fresh lamb/mutton、新鮮牛肉fresh beef, etc.</p>

<p>If you want to say the dead animal, just add 「死」in front, like「活」、「生」. E.g. 死雞、死牛, etc. But we rarely refer their edible meat as dead animal.</p>

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Pete C.
<p>Is there a specific term that is usually used to describe live poultry, or live chickens, or any type of live animal, which is for sale in a market and which the customer takes home alive to butcher later?  I wondered if there is a term to distinguish between poultry which is taken home alive, versus poultry which is alive when the customer selects it, but which is prepared for eating at the market and taken home already plucked, gutted, etc.</p>

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2014-09-06T07:50:28.073Z
maybe just "活鸡" vs. "鸡肉"? Here, "活" means alive. you can try to google these two words see whether you'll get what you expect.
dumduke
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@CaffHuang:  Thanks! I didn't want to believe it could be so straightforward (cardinal rule: never trust Google Translate), but the search term 活鸡 brought up a bunch of relevent news stories and pictures that left no doubt about what was going on.
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live poultry for sale?
# live poultry for sale?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-09-06)

Is there a specific term that is usually used to describe live poultry, or live chickens, or any type of live animal, which is for sale in a market and which the customer takes home alive to butcher later? I wondered if there is a term to distinguish between poultry which is taken home alive, versus poultry which is alive when the customer selects it, but which is prepared for eating at the market and taken home already plucked, gutted, etc.

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: maybe just "活鸡" vs. "鸡肉"? Here, "活" means alive. you can try to google these two words see whether you'll get what you expect.  
> **username_0**: @CaffHuang:  Thanks! I didn't want to believe it could be so straightforward (cardinal rule: never trust Google Translate), but the search term 活鸡 brought up a bunch of relevent news stories and pictures that left no doubt about what was going on.  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2014-09-06. Score: 2

compare: **活禽**

*KEY*

> {agriculture} live poultry

vs.

**鸡肉**

*KEY*

> chicken (as food), chicken meat

**鸭肉**

*ABC*

> duck meat


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### Answer by username_3 on 2014-09-19. Score: 0

活禽 or 活家禽 means live poultry, as @user3306356 answered. ([Reference](http://www.ichacha.net/search.aspx?q=%E6%B4%BB%E7%A6%BD&p=5))

For living animal, it is the name of the animal with 「活」(alive) at the beginning. Such as 活雞living chicken、活鴨living docks、活豬living pigs、活牛living cows. Sometimes 「生」replacing 「活」 can also mean the same thing, e.g. 活豬 = 生豬, but 「生」have the meaning of "born", "give birth to". E.g. 母牛生小牛, 母雞生雞蛋, so depends on the context, be careful to use the right word.

For plucked, gutted animals, we would say its meat. If you want to say fresh meat, you can say 鮮肉, and specifically 鮮雞肉fresh chicken、鮮豬肉fresh pork、新鮮羊肉fresh lamb/mutton、新鮮牛肉fresh beef, etc.

If you want to say the dead animal, just add 「死」in front, like「活」、「生」. E.g. 死雞、死牛, etc. But we rarely refer their edible meat as dead animal.


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