馬殺雞
See also: 马杀鸡
Chinese
FWOTD – 26 February 2015
| horse; surname | to kill; to murder; to slaughter | fowl; chicken | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (馬殺雞/馬殺鷄) | 馬 | 殺 | 雞/鷄 | |
| simp. (马杀鸡) | 马 | 杀 | 鸡 | |
| Literally: “a horse kills/slaughters a chicken”. | ||||
Etymology
Phono-semantic matching of English massage, via Japanese マッサージ (massāji).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): maa5 saat3 gai1
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mà-sa-chí
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ma-sà-chì
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: mǎshājī
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˇ ㄕㄚ ㄐㄧ
- Tongyong Pinyin: mǎshaji
- Wade–Giles: ma3-sha1-chi1
- Yale: mǎ-shā-jī
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maashaji
- Palladius: машацзи (mašaczi)
- Sinological IPA (key): /mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂä⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: maa5 saat3 gai1
- Yale: máh saat gāi
- Cantonese Pinyin: maa5 saat8 gai1
- Guangdong Romanization: ma5 sad3 gei1
- Sinological IPA (key): /maː¹³ saːt̚³ kɐi̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mà-sa-chí
- Hakka Romanization System: maˇ sa jiˋ
- Hagfa Pinyim: ma2 sa4 ji3
- Sinological IPA: /ma¹¹ sa⁵⁵ t͡si³¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ma-sà-chì
- Tâi-lô: ma-sà-tsì
- Phofsit Daibuun: masarcix
- IPA (Taipei): /mã⁴⁴⁻³³ sa¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡si¹¹/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /mã⁴⁴⁻³³ sa²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡si²¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
Noun
馬殺雞
- (humorous) massage
- 李梨笑著對張藍說：「藍，你不是頭痛嘛，要不要做個馬殺雞呢？」 [MSC, trad.]
- From: 2013, 李西闽, 李西闽经典小说：黑灵之舞
- Lǐ Lí xiào zhe duì Zhāng Lán shuō: “Lán, nǐ bù shì tóutòng ma, yào bù yào zuò ge mǎshājī ne?” [Pinyin]
- Li Li told Zhang Lan with a smile: "Lan, you have a headache, don't you, shall I massage you?"
李梨笑着对张蓝说：「蓝，你不是头痛嘛，要不要做个马杀鸡呢？」 [MSC, simp.]
Verb
馬殺雞
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 按摩 (“to massage”) [map]