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
Min Nan (POJ): bē-sin / bōe-sin / māi-sin

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: màishēn
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄞˋ ㄕㄣ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mayshen
  - IPA ^(key): /maɪ̯⁵¹ ʂən⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: maai⁶ san¹
  - Yale: maaih sān
  - Cantonese Pinyin: maai⁶ san¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: mai⁶ sen¹
  - IPA ^(key): /mäːi̯²² sɐn⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mai-sṳ̂n
  - Hakka Romanization System: mai siin´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: mai⁴ sin¹
  - IPA: /mai̯⁵⁵ sɨn²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bē-sin
  - Tâi-lô: bē-sin
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bexsyn
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /be²²⁻²¹ ɕin⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /be³³⁻²¹ ɕin⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bōe-sin
  - Tâi-lô: buē-sin
  - Phofsit Daibuun: boexsyn
  - IPA (Taipei): /bue³³⁻¹¹ ɕin⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bue²²⁻²¹ ɕin⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: māi-sin
  - Tâi-lô: māi-sin
  - Phofsit Daibuun: maixsyn
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /mãɪ²²⁻²¹ ɕin⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /mãɪ⁴¹⁻²² ɕin³³/

Verb

賣身

to sell oneself into slavery
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

Derived terms

賣身契／卖身契 (màishēnqì)
賣身投靠／卖身投靠

賣身葬父／卖身葬父

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