市儈

Chinese

		market; city	broker
trad. (市儈)		市	儈
simp. (市侩)		市	侩

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shìkuài

(Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄎㄨㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): si⁵ kui²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhǐ-kòe / chhī-kòe

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shìkuài
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄎㄨㄞˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shìhkuài
  - Wade–Giles: shih⁴-kʻuai⁴
  - Yale: shr̀-kwài
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhkuay
  - Palladius: шикуай (šikuaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʰu̯aɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: si⁵ kui²
  - Yale: síh kúi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: si⁵ kui²
  - Guangdong Romanization: xi⁵ kui²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː¹³ kʰuːi̯³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhǐ-kòe
  - Tâi-lô: tshǐ-kuè
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰi²² kue⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhī-kòe
  - Tâi-lô: tshī-kuè
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chixkoex
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰi²²⁻²¹ kue²¹/

Noun

市儈

sordid merchant that seeks nothing but profits
(by extension) craft person that is only interested in personal gain
(archaic) intermediary; broker; middleman

Synonyms

(sordid merchant): 奸商 (jiānshāng)
(intermediary):

中人 (zhōngrén)
中介 (zhōngjiè) (chiefly mainland China)
中間人／中间人 (zhōngjiānrén)
九八人 (Hokkien, dated)
代理人 (dàilǐrén)
仲介 (zhòngjiè) (chiefly Taiwan)
伢子 (yázi) (Northeastern Mandarin, Lanyin Mandarin, Jin)
拍空仔 (Singapore Hokkien)
掮客 (qiánkè)
牙人 (yárén) (archaic)
牙儈／牙侩 (yákuài) (archaic)
牙子 (yázi) (archaic)
牙郎 (yáláng) (archaic)
牽仔／牵仔 (Hokkien)
當中人／当中人 (⁵taon-tson-gnin) (Wu)
經紀／经纪 (jīngjì)
經紀人／经纪人 (jīngjìrén)
說合人／说合人 (sueh^4-3 hah⁵ reng¹) (Jin)

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