- 姬田鸡 jītiánjī little crakea species of bird (Zapornia parva) belonging to the rail family
- 小田鸡 xiǎotiánjī Baillon's crake(bird species of China) Baillon's crake (Zapornia pusilla)
- 斑胁田鸡 bānxiétiánjī band-bellied crake(bird species of China) band-bellied crake; Zapornia paykullii
- 斑胸田鸡 bānxiōngtiánjī spotted crakespotted crake (Porzana porzana); a bird species native to marshes and wetlands
- 棕背田鸡 zōngbèitiánjī black-tailed crakea bird species of China, Zapornia bicolor
- 红肚田鸡 hóngdùtiánjī Chinese brown frogthe Chinese brown frog (Rana chensinensis), native to northern China and valued in traditional medicine for its fat
- 红胸田鸡 hóngxiōngtiánjī ruddy-breasted crakea species of rail or crake, Zapornia fusca
- 四眼田鸡 sìyǎntiánjī four-eyes(facetious) a person who wears glasses; based on the comparison of a nearsighted person's protruding eyes to those of a [[田鸡|田雞|tian2 ji1]]
- 花田鸡 huātiánjī Swinhoe's rail(bird species of China) Swinhoe's rail (Coturnicops exquisitus)
