馬殺雞

See also: 马杀鸡

Chinese

FWOTD – 26 February 2015

		horse; surname	to kill; to murder; to slaughter	fowl; chicken
trad. (馬殺雞/馬殺鷄)		馬	殺	雞/鷄
simp. (马杀鸡)		马	杀	鸡
Literally: “a horse kills/slaughters a chicken”.

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English massage, via Japanese マッサージ (massāji).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mǎshājī

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄚˇ ㄕㄚ ㄐㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maa⁵ saat³ gai¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mà-sa-chí
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ma-sà-chì

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mǎshājī
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˇ ㄕㄚ ㄐㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mǎshaji
    • Wade–Giles: ma³-sha¹-chi¹
    • Yale: mǎ-shā-jī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maashaji
    • Palladius: машацзи (mašaczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂä⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maa⁵ saat³ gai¹
    • Yale: máh saat gāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maa⁵ saat⁸ gai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ma⁵ sad³ gei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maː¹³ saːt̚³ kɐi̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mà-sa-chí
    • Hakka Romanization System: maˇ sa ji`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ma² sa⁴ ji³
    • Sinological IPA: /ma¹¹ sa⁵⁵ t͡si³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ma-sà-chì
    • Tâi-lô: ma-sà-tsì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: masarcix
    • IPA (Taipei): /mã⁴⁴⁻³³ sa¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡si¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /mã⁴⁴⁻³³ sa²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡si²¹/

Noun

馬殺雞

1. (humorous) massage

   • 李梨笑著對張藍說：「藍，你不是頭痛嘛，要不要做個馬殺雞呢？」 [MSC, trad.]
     李梨笑着对张蓝说：「蓝，你不是头痛嘛，要不要做个马杀鸡呢？」 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2013, 李西闽, 李西闽经典小说：黑灵之舞

     Lǐ Lí xiào zhe duì Zhāng Lán shuō: “Lán, nǐ bù shì tóutòng ma, yào bù yào zuò ge mǎshājī ne?” [Pinyin]

     Li Li told Zhang Lan with a smile: "Lan, you have a headache, don't you, shall I massage you?"

Verb

馬殺雞

1. (humorous) to massage

Synonyms

• 按摩
• 推拿 (tuīná)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 按摩 (“to massage”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		按摩
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	按摩, 馬殺雞 humorous
Cantonese	Guangzhou	𢱕骨, 抌骨, 鬆骨
	Hong Kong	按摩, 𢱕骨
Jin	Taiyuan	捏揣, 按摩
Southern Min	Xiamen	掠龍
	Quanzhou	掠龍
	Zhangzhou	捶拳仔, 掠龍
	Tainan	掠龍
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	按摩, 鬆骨