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

1. to engage in prostitution
2. to prostitute oneself

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 賣春

1. prostitution

Synonyms

• 賣淫／卖淫 (màiyín)
• (Min Nan) 做婊

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (賣春):

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

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Japanese

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

Noun

1. Kyūjitai form of 売春: prostitution