賣春

See also: 卖春

Chinese

		sell	spring (time); gay; joyful spring (time); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life
trad. (賣春)		賣	春
simp. (卖春)		卖	春

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): màichūn

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄞˋ ㄔㄨㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maai⁶ ceon¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: màichūn
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄞˋ ㄔㄨㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: màichun
    • Wade–Giles: mai⁴-chʻun¹
    • Yale: mài-chwūn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maychuen
    • Palladius: майчунь (majčunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maɪ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maai⁶ ceon¹
    • Yale: maaih chēun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maai⁶ tsoen¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mai⁶ cên¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːi̯²² t͡sʰɵn⁵⁵/

Verb

賣⫽春 (verb-object) (intransitive)

1. to engage in prostitution; to prostitute oneself

Synonyms

• 做婊 (Hokkien)
• 賣淫／卖淫 (màiyín)
• 賣肉／卖肉 (màiròu) (ACG, Internet slang)
• 賣身／卖身 (màishēn)
• 趁食 (Min Nan, euphemistic)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (賣春):

• → Japanese: 売春(ばいしゅん) (baishun)
• → Korean: 매춘(賣春) (maechun)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
賣	春
ばい Jinmeiyō	しゅん Grade: 2
on’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 賣春 – see the following entry.

【売春ばいしゅん】 [noun] prostitution [verb] to prostitute oneself

(This term, 賣春, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
賣	春

Noun

賣春 • (maechun) (hangeul 매춘)

1. Hanja form^? of 매춘 (“prostitution”).