買鐘
Chinese
| buy | clock; time as measured in hours and minutes; bell | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (買鐘) | 買 | 鐘 | |
| simp. (买钟) | 买 | 钟 | |
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: maai5 zung1
- Yale: máaih jūng
- Cantonese Pinyin: maai5 dzung1
- Guangdong Romanization: mai5 zung1
- Sinological IPA (key): /maːi̯¹³ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Verb
買鐘
- (literally) to buy a clock
- (Cantonese, slang) to buy the time of a hostess or a prostitute for the purpose of having sex