買春

Chinese

Pronunciation

Verb

買春

1. to buy wine
2. to get scenes of springtime
3. to visit a prostitute

Japanese

Etymology 1

Probably ultimately from Middle Chinese 買春 (MC meaX tsyhwin, literally “buy + springtime”).

Date of first use in Japanese is uncertain.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ばいしゅん (Heiban – )
• IPA^(key):

Noun

買(ばい)春(しゅん) • (baishun) ^{←ばいしゆん (baisyun)?}

1. buying of sex, a visit to a prostitute

Verb

買(ばい)春(しゅん)する • (baishun suru) ^{←ばいしゆん (baisyun)?}suru (stem 買(ばい)春(しゅん)し (baishun shi), past 買(ばい)春(しゅん)した (baishun shita))

1. to buy sex, to visit a prostitute

Conjugation

Etymology 2

Phonological re-analysis of 買春(ばいしゅん) (baishun), replacing the on'yomi reading of bai with the kun'yomi reading of kai to avoid ambiguity with 売春 (baishun, “prostitution, the selling of sex”).

Date of first use is uncertain, but it would be before the inclusion of this term in the 1999 law 児童買春処罰法 (Jidō Kaishun Shobatsu Hō, “Act on Punishment of Activities Relating to Child Prostitution and Child Pornography, and the Protection of Children”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

買春(かいしゅん) • (kaishun) ^{←かひしゆん (kafisyun)?}

1. buying of sex

Verb

買春(かいしゅん)する • (kaishun suru) ^{←かひしゆん (kafisyun)?}suru (stem 買春(かいしゅん)し (kaishun shi), past 買春(かいしゅん)した (kaishun shita))

1. to buy sex

Conjugation

Usage notes

かいしゅん (kaishun) is the more common reading for 買春(ばいしゅん) (baishun) to distinguish this from homophonic 売春(ばいしゅん) (baishun, “prostitution”).

References

Korean

Noun

買春 • (maechun) (hangeul 매춘)

1. Hanja form^? of 매춘.