冰人

Chinese

		ice	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (冰人)		冰	人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bīngrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄥ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bing¹ jan⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): peng-jîn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bīngrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄥ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bingrén
    • Wade–Giles: ping¹-jên²
    • Yale: bīng-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bingren
    • Palladius: бинжэнь (binžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piŋ⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bing¹ jan⁴
    • Yale: bīng yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bing¹ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bing¹ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɪŋ⁵⁵ jɐn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: peng-jîn
    • Tâi-lô: ping-jîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pengjiin
    • IPA (Xiamen): /piɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² d͡zin²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /piɪŋ³³ d͡zin²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /piɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² d͡zin¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /piɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ d͡zin²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ zin²³/

Noun

冰人

1. (literary) matchmaker

Synonyms

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• 伐柯人 (fákērén) (literary)
• 保山 (bǎoshān) (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)