伐柯人

Chinese

		to act as a matchmaker	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (伐柯人)		伐柯	人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fákērén, fākērén

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄚˊ ㄎㄜ ㄖㄣˊ, ㄈㄚ ㄎㄜ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fat⁶ o¹ jan⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fákērén
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄚˊ ㄎㄜ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fákerén
    • Wade–Giles: fa²-kʻo¹-jên²
    • Yale: fá-kē-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: farkeren
    • Palladius: факэжэнь (fakɛžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fä³⁵ kʰɤ⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fākērén
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄚ ㄎㄜ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fakerén
    • Wade–Giles: fa¹-kʻo¹-jên²
    • Yale: fā-kē-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fakeren
    • Palladius: факэжэнь (fakɛžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fä⁵⁵ kʰɤ⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fat⁶ o¹ jan⁴
    • Yale: faht ō yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fat⁹ o¹ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: fed⁶ o¹ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐt̚² ɔː⁵⁵ jɐn²¹/

Noun

伐柯人

1. (literary) matchmaker

Synonyms

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• 保山 (bǎoshān) (literary)
• 冰人 (bīngrén) (literary)
• 媒人 (méirén)
• 媒人婆 (méirénpó) (female)
• 媒妁 (méishuò) (literary)
• 媒姨 (bhuê⁵ i⁵) (Teochew, female)
• 媒婆 (méipó) (female)
• 月下老人 (Yuèxià Lǎorén)
• 月老 (yuèlǎo)
• 紅娘 / 红娘 (hóngniáng) (chiefly female)