賣身契 (maai6 san1 kai3) — an indenture agreement for someone who is selling themself in Cantonese
maaiˍ₆賣sanˉ¹身kai˗₃契简 卖身契
Mandarin Pinyin: mai4 shen1 qi4
Meaning of 賣身契
nounan indenture agreement for someone who is selling themself
Example Sentences with 賣身契
keoiˏ₅佢cimˉ¹簽zoˊ²咗maai˗₃賣sanˉ¹身kai˗₃契
He signed a contract of indenture.
maai˗₃賣sanˉ¹身kai˗₃契houˊ²好caamˊ²慘
Indentured servitude is very miserable.
mˎ₄唔haiˍ₆係maai˗₃賣sanˉ¹身kai˗₃契
It's not a contract of indenture.
gauˍ₆舊siˎ₄時jauˏ₅有maai˗₃賣sanˉ¹身kai˗₃契
In the past, there were indentured contracts.
dong˗₃當keoiˏ₅佢haiˍ₆係maai˗₃賣sanˉ¹身kai˗₃契
Treating it like an indentured contract.
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