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賣身

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See also: 卖身

Chinese

		sell	body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit
trad. (賣身)		賣	身
simp. (卖身)		卖	身

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): màishēn

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄞˋ ㄕㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): maai⁶ san¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mai-sṳ̂n
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bē-sin / bōe-sin / māi-sin

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: màishēn
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄞˋ ㄕㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: màishen
  - Wade–Giles: mai⁴-shên¹
  - Yale: mài-shēn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mayshen
  - Palladius: майшэнь (majšɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maɪ̯⁵¹ ʂən⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: maai⁶ san¹
  - Yale: maaih sān
  - Cantonese Pinyin: maai⁶ san¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: mai⁶ sen¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːi̯²² sɐn⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mai-sṳ̂n
  - Hakka Romanization System: mai siin^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: mai⁴ sin¹
  - Sinological IPA: /mai̯⁵⁵ sɨn²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bē-sin
  - Tâi-lô: bē-sin
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bexsyn
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /be²²⁻²¹ sin⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /be³³⁻²¹ sin⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bōe-sin
  - Tâi-lô: buē-sin
  - Phofsit Daibuun: boexsyn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bue²²⁻²¹ sin⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bue³³⁻¹¹ sin⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: māi-sin
  - Tâi-lô: māi-sin
  - Phofsit Daibuun: maixsyn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /mãi⁴¹⁻²² sin³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /mãi²²⁻²¹ sin⁴⁴/

Verb

賣⫽身 (verb-object) (intransitive)

to sell oneself into slavery
to sell one's body for prostitution; to prostitute oneself
賣藝不賣身／卖艺不卖身 ― màiyì bù màishēn ― to sell art but not body

Synonyms

(to prostitute oneself):

做婊 (Hokkien)
賣春／卖春 (màichūn)
賣淫／卖淫 (màiyín)
賣肉／卖肉 (màiròu) (ACG, Internet slang)
趁食 (Min Nan, euphemistic)

Derived terms

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