檳榔西施

See also: 槟榔西施

Chinese

		betel palm; betel nut; areca nut	Xi Shi; beautiful woman
trad. (檳榔西施)		檳榔	西施
simp. (槟榔西施)		槟榔	西施

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bīngláng xīshī, bīnláng xīshī

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄥㄌㄤˊ ㄒㄧㄕ, ㄅㄧㄣㄌㄤˊ ㄒㄧㄕ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ban¹ long⁴ sai¹ si¹

檳榔西施

“betel nut beauty” (previously common phenomenon of employing young, scantily clad women to sell betel nuts and cigarettes along the roadsides in Taiwan)

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