賣豬仔 [卖猪－]

Jyutping maai6 zyu1 zai2
Pinyin mài zhū zǎi

Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. (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
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 動詞、俚語
    俾人​呃​或者​拐​咗​去​一個​好​遠​嘅​地方​送死​或者​做​苦力
    to be cheated or kidnapped to somewhere far away as slave labour; literally: to sell piglet
    • 佢阿爺畀人賣豬仔賣咗去舊金山 。
      佢阿爷畀人卖猪仔卖咗去旧金山 。
      keoi5 aa3 je4 bei2 jan4 maai6 zyu1 zai2 maai6 zo2 heoi3 gau6 gam1 saan1.
      His grandfather was sold as slave labour in San Francisco.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb, Cantonese, verb-object
    to trick; to con
  2. verb, Cantonese, verb-object
    to betray
  3. verb, verb-object
    to sell someone into indentured servitude of forced labour
    (syn.) 賣豬囝, 卖猪囝
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. 賣身去做苦工 – 卖身去做苦工
  2. 騙賣勞力 – 骗卖劳力
  3. 上當受騙 – 上当受骗
  4. 被誘騙 – 被诱骗
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    佢阿爷畀人卖猪仔卖咗去旧金山 。
    佢阿爺畀人賣豬仔賣咗去舊金山 。
    keoi5 aa3 je4 bei2 jan4 maai6 zyu1 zai2 maai6 zo2 heoi3 gau6 gam1 saan1.
    • His grandfather was sold as slave labour in San Francisco.
  2. Cantonese
    十九世纪好多人被人卖猪仔 去掘矿。
    十九世紀好多人被人賣豬仔 去掘礦。
    sap6 gau2 sai3 gei2 hou2 do1 jan4 bei2 jan4 maai6 zyu1 zai2 heoi3 gwat6 kwong3.
    • In the nineteenth century, many were sold as slave labours to do mining work.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Cantonese
    卖猪仔
    賣豬仔
    maai6 zyu1 zai2
    • to sell someone into indentured servitude of forced labour