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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: mài'éryùnǚ
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄞˋ ㄦˊ ㄩˋ ㄋㄩˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mayerlyuhneu
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mài'éryùnyǔ
  - Wade–Giles: mai⁴-êrh²-yü⁴-nü³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maɪ̯⁵¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵ y⁵¹ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - 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): /mäːi̯²² jiː²¹ jʊk̚² nɵy̯¹³/

Idiom

賣兒鬻女

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

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