賣春

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See also: 卖春

Chinese

		sell	spring (time); gay; joyful spring (time); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life
trad. (賣春)		賣	春
simp. (卖春)		卖	春

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): màichūn

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄞˋ ㄔㄨㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): maai⁶ ceon¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: màichūn
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄞˋ ㄔㄨㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: màichun
  - Wade–Giles: mai⁴-chʻun¹
  - Yale: mài-chwūn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maychuen
  - Palladius: майчунь (majčunʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maɪ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: maai⁶ ceon¹
  - Yale: maaih chēun
  - Cantonese Pinyin: maai⁶ tsoen¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: mai⁶ cên¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːi̯²² t͡sʰɵn⁵⁵/

Verb

賣⫽春 (verb-object) (intransitive)

to engage in prostitution; to prostitute oneself

Synonyms

做婊 (Hokkien)
賣淫／卖淫 (màiyín)
賣肉／卖肉 (màiròu) (ACG, Internet slang)
賣身／卖身 (màishēn)
趁食 (Min Nan, euphemistic)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (賣春):

→ Japanese: 売春(ばいしゅん) (baishun)
→ Korean: 매춘(賣春) (maechun)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
賣	春
ばい Jinmeiyō	しゅん Grade: 2
on’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 賣春 – see the following entry.

【売春ばいしゅん】

to prostitute oneself

(This term, 賣春, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
賣	春

Noun

賣春 • (maechun) (hangeul 매춘)

Hanja form^? of 매춘 (“prostitution”).

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