出賣

出賣

1. to offer for sale; to sell
   • 1902, James Dyer Ball, How to Speak Cantonese, second edition, Hongkong: Kelly & Walsh, pages 198–199:

     係吖、火水拿、先二十年個陣時不過有幾個西人使呮。而家拿、通城都有火水共火水燈賣、唔止城添、鄉下都有得出賣咯。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     系吖、火水拿、先二十年个阵时不过有几个西人使呮。而家拿、通城都有火水共火水灯卖、唔止城添、乡下都有得出卖咯。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     hai⁶ aa¹, fo² seoi² naa⁴, sin¹ ji⁶ sap⁶ nin⁴ go³ zan⁶ si^4-2 bat¹ gwo³ jau⁵ gei² go³ sai¹ jan⁴ sai² zek¹. ji⁴ gaa¹ naa⁴, tung¹ seng⁴ dou¹ jau⁵ fo² seoi² gung⁶ fo² seoi² dang¹ maai⁶, m⁴ zi² seng^4-2 tim¹, hoeng¹ haa⁵ dou¹ jau⁵ dak¹ ceot¹ maai⁶ lok³.

     Yes; kerosene, for instance. Twenty years ago it was only used by a few foreigners in China; and now kerosene and kerosene lamps are for sale all over the city; and not only in the city, but in the country as well.

   • 1910, 吳趼人 [Wu Jianren], 二十年目睹之怪現狀 [Bizarre Happenings Eyewitnessed over Two Decades], chapter 73:

     你還沒有看見滿街上貼的招紙，還有出賣婦科絕孕丹的呢，那更是弭患於無形的善法了。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     你还没有看见满街上贴的招纸，还有出卖妇科绝孕丹的呢，那更是弭患于无形的善法了。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     Nǐ hái méiyǒu kànjiàn mǎn jiēshàng tiē de zhāozhǐ, hái yǒu chūmài fùkē jué yùn dān de ne, nà gèng shì mǐhuàn yú wúxíng de shànfǎ le.

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2. (derogatory) to sell out; to betray

• (to offer for sale):

• (to betray):