性交易

xìngjiāoyì

noun

Meanings

1 prostitution
2 commercial sex
3 the sex trade

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Examples

警方破获了一起跨国性交易案件。

Jǐngfāng pòhuò le yī qǐ kuàguó xìngjiāoyì ànjiàn.

The police uncovered a transnational sex-trafficking case.

在中国，性交易是违法的。

Zài Zhōngguó, xìngjiāoyì shì wéifǎ de.

In China, the sex trade is illegal.

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Formal news/legal term. 卖淫 (mài yín) is the more direct word for 'prostitution' but is rougher in tone. 性工作 (xìng gōngzuò, 'sex work') is the neutral/sympathetic framing used in NGO and academic writing.

Stroke Order

性 xìng

交 jiāo

易 yì