三七仔

Chinese

		three	seven	minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility
simp. and trad. (三七仔)		三	七	仔
variant forms		37仔

Etymology

“Three-seven-person”, since profit from prostitution was traditionally split 30/70 by the pimp and the prostitute.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sānqīzǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄢㄑㄧㄗˇ
Min Nan (POJ): sam-chhit-á

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: sānqīzǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄢㄑㄧㄗˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sanchitzyy
  - IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sam-chhit-á
  - Tâi-lô: sam-tshit-á
  - Phofsit Daibuun: samchit'ar
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sam⁴⁴⁻²² t͡ɕʰit̚³²⁻⁴ a⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sam³³ t͡ɕʰit̚⁵⁻²⁴ a⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sam⁴⁴⁻²² t͡ɕʰit̚³²⁻⁵ a⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /sam⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡ɕʰit̚³²⁻⁴ a⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sam⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡ɕʰit̚³²⁻⁴ a⁴¹/

Noun

三七仔

(chiefly Taiwan) pimp

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