買鐘

Chinese

		buy	clock; time as measured in hours and minutes; bell
trad. (買鐘)		買	鐘
simp. (买钟)		买	钟

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maai⁵ zung¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maai⁵ zung¹
    • Yale: máaih jūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maai⁵ dzung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mai⁵ zung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːi̯¹³ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/

Verb

買鐘

1. (literally) to buy a clock
2. (Cantonese, slang) to buy the time of a hostess or a prostitute for the purpose of having sex