賣身

See also: 卖身

Chinese

		sell	body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit
trad. (賣身)		賣	身
simp. (卖身)		卖	身

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): màishēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄞˋ ㄕㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maai⁶ san¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mai-sṳ̂n
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bē-sin / bōe-sin / māi-sin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: màishēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄞˋ ㄕㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: màishen
    • Wade–Giles: mai⁴-shên¹
    • Yale: mài-shēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mayshen
    • Palladius: майшэнь (majšɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maɪ̯⁵¹ ʂən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maai⁶ san¹
    • Yale: maaih sān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maai⁶ san¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mai⁶ sen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːi̯²² sɐn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mai-sṳ̂n
    • Hakka Romanization System: mai siin´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mai⁴ sin¹
    • Sinological IPA: /mai̯⁵⁵ sɨn²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bē-sin
    • Tâi-lô: bē-sin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bexsyn
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /be²²⁻²¹ sin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /be³³⁻²¹ sin⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bōe-sin
    • Tâi-lô: buē-sin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boexsyn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bue²²⁻²¹ sin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bue³³⁻¹¹ sin⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: māi-sin
    • Tâi-lô: māi-sin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: maixsyn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /mãi⁴¹⁻²² sin³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /mãi²²⁻²¹ sin⁴⁴/

Verb

賣身

1. to sell oneself into slavery
2. to sell one's body for prostitution; to prostitute oneself

   賣藝不賣身／卖艺不卖身  ―  màiyì bù màishēn  ―  to sell art but not body

Synonyms

• (to prostitute oneself): 賣淫／卖淫 (màiyín), 賣春／卖春 (màichūn); (Min Nan) 做婊