血拼

Chinese

		blood	to go all out; to risk one's life
simp. and trad. (血拼)		血	拼
alternative forms		血拚

Etymology

The shopping sense is a phono-semantic matching of English shopping.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xuèpīn, xuěpīn, xiěpīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄆㄧㄣ, ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄆㄧㄣ, ㄒㄧㄝˇ ㄆㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hyut³ ping³
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁷shiuq-phin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xuèpīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄆㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuèpin
    • Wade–Giles: hsüeh⁴-pʻin¹
    • Yale: sywè-pīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuehpin
    • Palladius: сюэпинь (sjuepinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛ⁵¹ pʰin⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xuěpīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄆㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuěpin
    • Wade–Giles: hsüeh³-pʻin¹
    • Yale: sywě-pīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheuepin
    • Palladius: сюэпинь (sjuepinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰin⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; colloquial in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiěpīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˇ ㄆㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siěpin
    • Wade–Giles: hsieh³-pʻin¹
    • Yale: syě-pīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shieepin
    • Palladius: сепинь (sepinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hyut³ ping³
    • Yale: hyut ping
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hyt⁸ ping³
    • Guangdong Romanization: hüd³ ping³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hyːt̚³ pʰɪŋ³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁷shiuq-phin
    • MiniDict: shiuih^入 phin
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴xyq-phin
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕyɪʔ³³ pʰin⁴⁴/

Verb

血拼

1. to fight a bloody battle; to fight or compete fiercely
2. (slang) to go on a spending spree; to go shopping

Synonyms

• (to go shopping):

• 濕平／湿平 (Cantonese)
• 瞎拼 (xiāpīn) (slang)
• 買東西／买东西
• 購物／购物 (gòuwù)
• 鳩嗚／鸠呜 (gau¹ wu¹) (Cantonese, humorous)