市儈

Chinese

		market; city	broker
trad. (市儈)		市	儈
simp. (市侩)		市	侩

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shìkuài

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄎㄨㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si⁵ kui²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhǐ-kòe / chhī-kòe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shìkuài
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄎㄨㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìhkuài
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴-kʻuai⁴
    • Yale: shr̀-kwài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhkuay
    • Palladius: шикуай (šikuaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʰu̯aɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si⁵ kui²
    • Yale: síh kúi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si⁵ kui²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi⁵ kui²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː¹³ kʰuːi̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhǐ-kòe
    • Tâi-lô: tshǐ-kuè
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰi²² kue⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhī-kòe
    • Tâi-lô: tshī-kuè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chixkoex
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰi²²⁻²¹ kue²¹/

Noun

市儈

1. sordid merchant that seeks nothing but profits
2. (by extension) craft person that is only interested in personal gain
3. (archaic) intermediary; broker; middleman

Synonyms

• (sordid merchant): 奸商 (jiānshāng)
• (intermediary):

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• 中人 (zhōngrén)
• 中介 (zhōngjiè) (chiefly mainland China)
• 中間人 / 中间人 (zhōngjiānrén)
• 九八人 (Hokkien, dated)
• 代理人 (dàilǐrén)
• 仲介 (zhòngjiè) (chiefly Taiwan)
• 伢子 (yázi) (Northeastern Mandarin, Lanyin Mandarin, Jin)
• 拍空仔 (Singapore Hokkien)
• 掮客 (qiánkè)
• 牙人 (yárén) (archaic)
• 牙儈 / 牙侩 (yákuài) (archaic)
• 牙子 (yázi) (archaic)
• 牙郎 (yáláng) (archaic)
• 牽仔 / 牵仔 (Hokkien)
• 當中人 / 当中人 (⁵taon-tson-gnin) (Wu)
• 經紀 / 经纪 (jīngjì)
• 經紀人 / 经纪人 (jīngjìrén)
• 說合人 / 说合人 (sueh^4-3 hah⁵ reng¹) (Jin)