賣淫

See also: 卖淫

Chinese

		sell	excessive; wanton; lewd excessive; wanton; lewd; kinky; obscene
trad. (賣淫)		賣	淫
simp. (卖淫)		卖	淫

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): màiyín

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄞˋ ㄧㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): maai⁶ jam⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mai-yìm
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): māi-îm / bē-îm / bōe-îm

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: màiyín
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄞˋ ㄧㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: màiyín
  - Wade–Giles: mai⁴-yin²
  - Yale: mài-yín
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mayyn
  - Palladius: майинь (majinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maɪ̯⁵¹ in³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: maai⁶ jam⁴
  - Yale: maaih yàhm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: maai⁶ jam⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: mai⁶ yem⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːi̯²² jɐm²¹/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mai-yìm
  - Hakka Romanization System: mai imˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: mai⁴ yim²
  - Sinological IPA: /mai̯⁵⁵ im¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mai-yìm
  - Hakka Romanization System: mai (r)imˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: mai⁴ yim²
  - Sinological IPA: /mai̯⁵⁵ (j)im¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: māi-îm
  - Tâi-lô: māi-îm
  - Phofsit Daibuun: maixiim
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /mãi²²⁻²¹ im¹³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /mãi⁴¹⁻²² im²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /mãi²²⁻²¹ im²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bē-îm
  - Tâi-lô: bē-îm
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bexiim
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /be³³⁻²¹ im²³/
- (Hokkien: Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bōe-îm
  - Tâi-lô: buē-îm
  - Phofsit Daibuun: boexiim
  - IPA (Taipei): /bue³³⁻¹¹ im²⁴/

Verb

賣⫽淫 (verb-object) (intransitive)

to engage in prostitution; to prostitute oneself
被暴力脅迫賣淫的婦女 [MSC, trad.]
被暴力胁迫卖淫的妇女 [MSC, simp.]
bèi bàolì xiépò màiyín de fùnǚ [Pinyin]
women who are violently coerced into prostitution

Synonyms

做婊 (Hokkien)
賣春／卖春 (màichūn)
賣肉／卖肉 (màiròu) (ACG, Internet slang)
賣身／卖身 (màishēn)
趁食 (Min Nan, euphemistic)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (賣淫):

→ Japanese: 売淫(ばいいん) (baiin)
→ Korean: 매음(賣淫) (maeeum)
→ Vietnamese: mại dâm (賣淫)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
賣	淫
ばい Jinmeiyō	いん Grade: S
on'yomi

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

【売淫ばいいん】

[noun] prostitution

[verb] to engage in prostitution, to prostitute oneself

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
賣	淫

Noun

賣淫 • (maeeum) (hangeul 매음)

Hanja form^? of 매음 (“prostitution”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
賣	淫

Verb

賣淫

chữ Hán form of mại dâm (“to prostitute oneself”).