咸水妹
xián​shuǐ​mèi

prostitute

  • created reference approved 咸水妹/鹹水妹 → 个/個 (classifier) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    咸水妹 / 鹹水妹 xián​shuǐ​mèi

    个 / 個 gè

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  • created sense approved 咸水妹/鹹水妹 · xián​shuǐ​mèi · prostitute — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    咸水妹 / 鹹水妹

    xián​shuǐ​mèi

    prostitute

    (dialect) a prostitute who services foreigners, particularly associated with pre-revolutionary Shanghai or Guangdong; originally a loanword from English "handsome maid" meaning a beautiful maidservant.

    咸 (phonetic) 水 (phonetic) 妹 (phonetic)

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