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
Min Nan (POJ): bé-chhun / bóe-chhun

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: mǎichūn
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄞˇ ㄔㄨㄣ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maechuen
  - IPA ^(key): /maɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: maai⁵ ceon¹
  - Yale: máaih chēun
  - Cantonese Pinyin: maai⁵ tsoen¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: mai⁵ cên¹
  - IPA ^(key): /mäːi̯¹³ t͡ʃʰɵn⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (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/

Middle Chinese: /mˠɛ^X t͡ɕʰiuɪn/▼

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
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mˠɛ^X/	/t͡ɕʰiuɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/mᵚæ^X/	/t͡ɕʰʷin/
Shao Rongfen	/mæi^X/	/t͡ɕʰjuen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/maɨj^X/	/cʰwin/
Li Rong	/mɛ^X/	/t͡ɕʰiuĕn/
Wang Li	/mai^X/	/t͡ɕʰĭuĕn/
Bernard Karlgren	/mai^X/	/t͡ɕʰi̯uĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mǎi	chūn

Verb

買春

to buy wine
to get scenes of springtime
to visit a prostitute

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