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beiˊ²畀janˎ₄人
Pinyin
bi4 ren2
Translations
noun
1. 畀人(verb) (passive verb form)
noun
俾人 [華]: 被人
noun
= to be (passive verb "acted on") by people
noun
2. (verb)畀人 (active verb form)
noun
= (verb) to give others {e.g. 輸畀人 lose to others}
noun
= to let/allow other person(s) to (verb) on person
noun
= to give others (noun) {e.g. 畀人錢 = 畀錢人哋 }
noun
3. 畀人(noun) (verb here is active)
noun
to give something to others; to have something done to oneself by others [colloquial]
maaiˍ₆賣zyuˉ¹豬zaiˊ²仔
(卖猪仔)
Pinyin
mai4 zhu1 zai3
Translations
noun
to sell someone into indentured servitude of hard labour (lit., "sell the little pig")
noun
to play a trick on, to defraud, to con
noun
to betray
noun
(phrasal verb) to traffick labourers overseas to work as coolies; to betray / to trick (usually only used in the passive voice, 'to be betrayed' / 'to be tricked'; refers to people who have to sell themselves into slavery when driven by poverty