賣春
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
- (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/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- 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/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Changting)
- Changting Pinyin: me5 qeng1
- Sinological IPA: /me²¹ t͡ɕʰeŋ³³/
- (Changting)
Verb
賣⫽春 (verb-object) (intransitive)
- to engage in prostitution; to prostitute oneself
Synonyms
Descendants
References
- 周存 [Zhōu, Cún], editor (2023), “卖春”, in 长汀话词典 CHANGTINGHUA CIDIAN [Dictionary of Changting Dialect] (overall work in Hakka and Mandarin), Guangzhou: 世界图书出版有限公司 [World Book Publishing Co., Ltd.], →ISBN, page 396.
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. | ||
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| (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”)