血拼

Chinese

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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: xuèpīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄆㄧㄣ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuehpin
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕɥ̯œ⁵¹ pʰin⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: xuěpīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄆㄧㄣ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheuepin
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕɥ̯œ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ pʰin⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; colloquial in Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: xiěpīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˇ ㄆㄧㄣ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiiepin
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ pʰin⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hyut³ ping³
  - Yale: hyut ping
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hyt⁸ ping³
  - Guangdong Romanization: hüd³ ping³
  - IPA ^(key): /hyːt̚³ pʰɪŋ³³/

Verb

血拼

to fight a bloody battle; to fight or compete fiercely
to go on a spending spree; to go shopping

Synonyms

(to go shopping): 購物／购物 (gòuwù), 買東西／买东西 (mǎi dōngxi), 瞎拼

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