賣淫

See also: 卖淫

Chinese

		sell	excessive; wanton; lewd excessive; wanton; lewd; kinky; obscene
trad. (賣淫)		賣	淫
simp. (卖淫)		卖	淫

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): màiyín

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄞˋ ㄧㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maai⁶ jam⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mai-yìm
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): māi-îm / bē-îm / bōe-îm

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: màiyín
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄞˋ ㄧㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: màiyín
    • Wade–Giles: mai⁴-yin²
    • Yale: mài-yín
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mayyn
    • Palladius: майинь (majinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maɪ̯⁵¹ in³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maai⁶ jam⁴
    • Yale: maaih yàhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maai⁶ jam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: mai⁶ yem⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːi̯²² jɐm²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mai-yìm
    • Hakka Romanization System: mai imˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mai⁴ yim²
    • Sinological IPA: /mai̯⁵⁵ im¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mai-yìm
    • Hakka Romanization System: mai (r)imˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mai⁴ yim²
    • Sinological IPA: /mai̯⁵⁵ (j)im¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: māi-îm
    • Tâi-lô: māi-îm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: maixiim
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /mãi²²⁻²¹ im¹³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /mãi⁴¹⁻²² im²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /mãi²²⁻²¹ im²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bē-îm
    • Tâi-lô: bē-îm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bexiim
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /be³³⁻²¹ im²³/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bōe-îm
    • Tâi-lô: buē-îm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boexiim
    • IPA (Taipei): /bue³³⁻¹¹ im²⁴/

Verb

賣⫽淫 (verb-object) (intransitive)

1. to engage in prostitution; to prostitute oneself

   被暴力脅迫賣淫的婦女 [MSC, trad.]
   被暴力胁迫卖淫的妇女 [MSC, simp.]

   bèi bàolì xiépò màiyín de fùnǚ [Pinyin]

   women who are violently coerced into prostitution

Synonyms

• 做婊 (Hokkien)
• 賣春／卖春 (màichūn)
• 賣肉／卖肉 (màiròu) (ACG, Internet slang)
• 賣身／卖身 (màishēn)
• 趁食 (Min Nan, euphemistic)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (賣淫):

• → Japanese: 売淫(ばいいん) (baiin)
• → Korean: 매음(賣淫) (maeeum)
• → Vietnamese: mại dâm (賣淫)

See also

• 嫖娼 (piáochāng, “to visit prostitutes”)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
賣	淫
ばい Jinmeiyō	いん Grade: S
on’yomi

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

【売淫ばいいん】 [noun] prostitution [verb] to engage in prostitution, to prostitute oneself

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
賣	淫

Noun

賣淫 • (maeeum) (hangeul 매음)

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

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
賣	淫

Verb

賣淫

1. chữ Hán form of mại dâm (“to prostitute oneself”).