賣身
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
- 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/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- 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/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mai-sṳ̂n
- Hakka Romanization System: mai siinˊ
- Hagfa Pinyim: mai4 sin1
- Sinological IPA: /mai̯⁵⁵ sɨn²⁴/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- 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/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
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):