賣身契

Chinese

		to sell oneself into slavery; to sell one's body for prostitution; to prostitute oneself	contract
trad. (賣身契)		賣身	契
simp. (卖身契)		卖身	契

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): màishēnqì

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄞˋ ㄕㄣ ㄑㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maai⁶ san¹ kai³
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): bhoi⁷ sing¹ koi³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: màishēnqì
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄞˋ ㄕㄣ ㄑㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: màishencì
    • Wade–Giles: mai⁴-shên¹-chʻi⁴
    • Yale: mài-shēn-chì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mayshenchih
    • Palladius: майшэньци (majšɛnʹci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maɪ̯⁵¹ ʂən⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maai⁶ san¹ kai³
    • Yale: maaih sān kai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maai⁶ san¹ kai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: mai⁶ sen¹ kei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːi̯²² sɐn⁵⁵ kʰɐi̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bhoi⁷ sing¹ koi³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: bōi sing khòi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /boi¹¹ siŋ³³⁻²³ kʰoi²¹³/

Noun

賣身契

1. indenture for sale of oneself or one's family member