賣maai6豬zyu1仔zai2

English

1. (phrasal verb) to traffick labourers overseas to work as coolies; to betray
2. to be cheated or kidnapped to somewhere far away as slave labour; literally: to sell piglet
3. to trick (usually only used in the passive voice, 'to be betrayed'
4. 'to be tricked'; refers to people who have to sell themselves into slavery when driven by poverty

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 俾人呃或者拐咗去一個好遠嘅地方送死或者做苦力

Examples

• 佢阿爺畀人賣豬仔賣咗去舊金山。

  His grandfather was sold into slave labour in San Francisco.