血拼

Chinese

		blood	to go all out; to risk one's life
simp. and trad. (血拼)		血	拼
alternative forms		血拚

Etymology

The shopping sense is a phono-semantic matching of English shopping.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xuèpīn, xuěpīn, xiěpīn

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄆㄧㄣ, ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄆㄧㄣ, ㄒㄧㄝˇ ㄆㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hyut³ ping³
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁷shiuq-phin

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xuèpīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄆㄧㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: syuèpin
  - Wade–Giles: hsüeh⁴-pʻin¹
  - Yale: sywè-pīn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuehpin
  - Palladius: сюэпинь (sjuepinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛ⁵¹ pʰin⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xuěpīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄆㄧㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: syuěpin
  - Wade–Giles: hsüeh³-pʻin¹
  - Yale: sywě-pīn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheuepin
  - Palladius: сюэпинь (sjuepinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰin⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; colloquial in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiěpīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˇ ㄆㄧㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siěpin
  - Wade–Giles: hsieh³-pʻin¹
  - Yale: syě-pīn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shieepin
  - Palladius: сепинь (sepinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰin⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hyut³ ping³
  - Yale: hyut ping
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hyt⁸ ping³
  - Guangdong Romanization: hüd³ ping³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hyːt̚³ pʰɪŋ³³/
Wu
- (Shanghai):
  - Wugniu: ⁷shiuq-phin
  - MiniDict: shiuih^入 phin
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴xyq-phin
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕyɪʔ³³ pʰin⁴⁴/

Verb

血拼

to fight a bloody battle; to fight or compete fiercely
(slang) to go on a spending spree; to go shopping

Synonyms

(to go shopping):

濕平／湿平 (Cantonese)
瞎拼 (xiāpīn) (slang)
購物／购物 (gòuwù)
鳩嗚／鸠呜 (gau¹ wu¹) (Cantonese, humorous)

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