賣兒鬻女

Chinese

		sell	son; child; diminutive suffix	vend	female; woman; daughter
trad. (賣兒鬻女)		賣	兒	鬻	女
simp. (卖儿鬻女)		卖	儿	鬻	女

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mài'éryùnǚ

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄞˋ ㄦˊ ㄩˋ ㄋㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maai⁶ ji⁴ juk⁶ neoi⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mài'éryùnǚ
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄞˋ ㄦˊ ㄩˋ ㄋㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mài-éryùnyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: mai⁴-êrh²-yü⁴-nü³
    • Yale: mài-ér-yù-nyǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mayerlyuhneu
    • Palladius: майэрюйнюй (majɛrjujnjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maɪ̯⁵¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵ y⁵¹ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maai⁶ ji⁴ juk⁶ neoi⁵
    • Yale: maaih yìh yuhk néuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maai⁶ ji⁴ juk⁹ noey⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: mai⁶ yi⁴ yug⁶ nêu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːi̯²² jiː²¹ jʊk̚² nɵy̯¹³/

Idiom

賣兒鬻女

1. to be forced to sell one's children because one is destitute