A bantam is a small kind of chicken — a real farm bird, not a baby of a large hen, but a small breed. They take less space, lay small eggs, and are often kept in backyards. Some have a quite fierce, strutting manner for their size, and that is part of why the name travelled beyond the farm.

A bantam is a small kind of chickenBantam 是一種小型雞——a real farm bird是真正的農場鳥，not a baby of a large hen, but a small breed不是大母雞的幼鳥，而是一個小型品種。They take less space牠們佔的空間比較小，lay small eggs生的蛋也比較小，and are often kept in backyards常常被養在自家後院。Some have a quite fierce, strutting manner for their size有些以牠們的體型來說相當兇悍、走路很神氣，and that is part of why the name travelled beyond the farm這也是這個名字後來傳到農場以外的部分原因。

The name was borrowed from Dutch Bantam, a place in Java (now Banten, in Indonesia). Dutch traders met small fowl there, and English kept the place-name for the bird.

The name was borrowed from Dutch Bantam這個名字是借用荷蘭文的 Bantam，a place in Java (now Banten, in Indonesia)爪哇的一個地方（現在是印尼的 Banten）。Dutch traders met small fowl there荷蘭商人在那裡遇到了這種小型家禽，and English kept the place-name for the bird英文就用這個地名來稱呼這種鳥。

From the little chicken, people also call a small but bold person “a bantam,” and boxing named a light class bantamweight after the same bird. Those uses grew out of this one. The first picture to hold in your mind is still the small chicken.

From the little chicken從這種小雞出發，people also call a small but bold person "a bantam,"大家也會把一個身材小但很有膽量的人叫做 "a bantam"，and boxing named a light class bantamweight after the same bird拳擊也用同一種鳥的名字，把一個輕量級叫做 bantamweight。Those uses grew out of this one這些用法都是從這個原本的意思長出來的。The first picture to hold in your mind你腦中要先記住的畫面，is still the small chicken還是那隻小雞。