賣肉

Chinese

		sell	meat; flesh
trad. (賣肉)		賣	肉
simp. (卖肉)		卖	肉
Literally: “to sell meat”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): màiròu

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄞˋ ㄖㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maai⁶ juk⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: màiròu
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄞˋ ㄖㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: màiròu
    • Wade–Giles: mai⁴-jou⁴
    • Yale: mài-ròu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mayrow
    • Palladius: майжоу (majžou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐoʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maai⁶ juk⁶
    • Yale: maaih yuhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maai⁶ juk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mai⁶ yug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːi̯²² jʊk̚²/

Verb

賣⫽肉 (verb-object) (intransitive)

1. to sell one's body (work as a prostitute)
2. (chiefly ACG, Internet slang) to show a woman's body; typically in a sexually appealing way

   賣肉番／卖肉番  ―  màiròu fān  ―  anime that prominently features female's body

3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 賣／卖 (mài),‎ 肉.

Synonyms

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• 做婊 (Hokkien)
• 賣春／卖春 (màichūn)
• 賣淫／卖淫 (màiyín)
• 賣身／卖身 (màishēn)
• 趁食 (Min Nan, euphemistic)