馬殺雞

See also: 马杀鸡

Chinese

FWOTD – 26 February 2015

		horse; surname	to kill; to murder; to slaughter	fowl; chicken
trad. (馬殺雞/馬殺鷄)		馬	殺	雞/鷄
simp. (马杀鸡)		马	杀	鸡
Literally: “a horse kills/slaughters a chicken”.

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English massage, via Japanese マッサージ (massāji).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mǎshājī

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄚˇ ㄕㄚㄐㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): maa⁵ saat³ gai¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mà-sa-chí
Min Nan (POJ): ma-sà-chì

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: mǎshājī
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˇ ㄕㄚㄐㄧ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maashaji
  - IPA ^(key): /ma̠²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʂa̠⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: maa⁵ saat³ gai¹
  - Yale: máh saat gāi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: maa⁵ saat⁸ gai¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ma⁵ sad³ gei¹
  - IPA ^(key): /maː¹³ saːt̚³ kɐi̯⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mà-sa-chí
  - Hakka Romanization System: maˇ sa ji`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ma² sa⁴ ji³
  - IPA: /ma¹¹ sa⁵⁵ t͡ɕi³¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ma-sà-chì
  - Tâi-lô: ma-sà-tsì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: masarcix
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /mã⁴⁴⁻³³ sa²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡ɕi²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /mã⁴⁴⁻³³ sa¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi¹¹/

Noun

馬殺雞

(humorous) massage
李梨笑著對張藍說：「藍，你不是頭痛嘛，要不要做個馬殺雞呢？」 [MSC, trad.]
李梨笑着对张蓝说：“蓝，你不是头痛嘛，要不要做个马杀鸡呢？” [MSC, simp.]
From: 2013, 李西闽, 李西闽经典小说：黑灵之舞
Lǐ Lí xiào zhe duì Zhāng Lán shuō: “Lán, nǐ bù shì tóutòng ma, yào bù yào zuò ge mǎshājī ne?” [Pinyin]
Li Li told Zhang Lan with a smile: "Lan, you have a headache, don't you, shall I massage you?"

Verb

馬殺雞

(humorous) to massage

Synonyms

按摩 (ànmó)
推拿 (tuīná)
(Min Nan) 捶拳仔

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