卖淫

賣淫
màiyín
  1. prostitution
  2. to prostitute oneself

CEDICT

to engage in prostitution; to prostitute oneself

Wiktionary

女性为金钱而不顾贞操，以出卖肉体为业。

重編國語辭典

为获取金钱、礼物等报酬而和不固定的对象发生性行为

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 卖 mài
  1. to sell
  2. to betray
  3. to spare no effort
  4. to show off or flaunt
=2 淫 yín
  1. excess
  2. excessive
  3. wanton
  4. lewd
  5. lascivious
  6. obscene
  7. depraved
=2 淫 yín variant of 淫 yín

Containing this entry

卖淫女 màiyínnǚ prostitute; hooker

Related entries

性交易 xìngjiāoyì
  1. prostitution
  2. commercial sex
  3. the sex trade
性工作 xìnggōngzuò
  1. employment as sex worker
  2. prostitution
性服务 xìngfúwù
  1. sexual service
  2. prostitution
风尘 fēngchén
  1. windblown dust
  2. hardships of travel
  3. vicissitudes of life
  4. prostitution
她觉得浑身不自在，尽管这个奇怪孩子的身体可能坐在桌子旁，但她的精神却在遥远的风尘云雾中遥不可及，高高地于想象力的翅膀上漂浮。

She had an uncomfortable feeling that while this odd child's body might be there at the table her spirit was far away in some remote airy cloudland, borne aloft on the wings of imagination.

Source: Tatoeba

卖身 màishēn
  1. to prostitute oneself
  2. to sell oneself into slavery