市儈
Chinese
| market; city | broker | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (市儈) | 市 | 儈 | |
| simp. (市侩) | 市 | 侩 | |
Pronunciation
- 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/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- 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/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- 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/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
Noun
市儈
- sordid merchant that seeks nothing but profits
- (by extension) craft person that is only interested in personal gain
- (archaic) intermediary; broker; middleman
Synonyms
- (sordid merchant): 奸商 (jiānshāng)
- (intermediary):
- 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 (sueh4-3 hah5 reng1) (Jin)