買春

Chinese

		buy	spring (time); gay; joyful spring (time); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life
trad. (買春)		買	春
simp. (买春)		买	春

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mǎichūn

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄞˇ ㄔㄨㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maai⁵ ceon¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bé-chhun / bóe-chhun

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mǎichūn
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄞˇ ㄔㄨㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mǎichun
    • Wade–Giles: mai³-chʻun¹
    • Yale: mǎi-chwūn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maechuen
    • Palladius: майчунь (majčunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maai⁵ ceon¹
    • Yale: máaih chēun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maai⁵ tsoen¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mai⁵ cên¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːi̯¹³ t͡sʰɵn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bé-chhun / bóe-chhun
    • Tâi-lô: bé-tshun / bué-tshun
    • Phofsit Daibuun: befzhwn, boefzhwn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /be⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰun⁴⁴/, /bue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /be⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰun³³/, /bue⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰun³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /be⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰun⁴⁴/, /bue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /be⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰun⁴⁴/, /bue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /be⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰun⁴⁴/, /bue⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰun⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: meaX tsyhwin

Rime
Character	買	春
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	昌 (24)
Final (韻)	佳 (31)	諄 (47)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	II	III
Fanqie	莫蟹切	昌脣切
Baxter	meaX	tsyhwin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mˠɛX/	/t͡ɕʰiuɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/mᵚæX/	/t͡ɕʰʷin/
Shao Rongfen	/mæiX/	/t͡ɕʰjuen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/maɨjX/	/cʰwin/
Li Rong	/mɛX/	/t͡ɕʰiuĕn/
Wang Li	/maiX/	/t͡ɕʰĭuĕn/
Bernard Karlgren	/maiX/	/t͡ɕʰi̯uĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mǎi	chūn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	maai5	ceon1

Verb

買春

1. to buy wine
2. to get scenes of springtime
3. to visit a prostitute