The Chinese word for turkey is
火鸡

huǒ jī

Chinese Definition

turkey
1. 名词. 火鸡
Components
火
1. fire; flame
可以跟你借一個火嗎？ - Can I borrow a light?
2. fire (as a disaster); inferno
3. red; fiery; bright; brilliant
4. to burn down
5. light; torch
6. (dialectal) light; lamp
7. anger; rage; wrath
8. to become enraged
9. angry; furious
10. (TCM) internal heat
11. firearm; ammunition; weapon
12. war; warfare
13. thriving; brisk
14. urgent; pressing
15. (neologism) to become popular; to go viral
16. (neologism) to be popular; to be viral
17. (Cantonese) watt (unit of power)
※(Definitely, "火" here is a unit of brightness (luminous intensity). However, the brightness of a luminous device is measured in watts in life because of luminous intensity's dependence on powe
20 火嘅燈膽 - 20-watt lightbulb
18. Short for 火星, Mars
19. (Cantonese) roasted
Synonyms: 烤, 燒
火鴨 - roasted duck
鸡
1. Simplified form of 雞

火雞
1. n. turkey (Meleagris)
2. n. cassowary (Casuarius)
3. n. (Xiamen, &, Zhangzhou Hokkien, figurative) busybody; meddler
4. n. (Xiamen, Quanzhou, &, Zhangzhou Hokkien) soldering tool
5. n. (Guangxi Cantonese) lighter
6. adj. (Xiamen, &, Zhangzhou Hokkien, figurative) meddlesome