媒人姐

Chinese

		matchmaker	older sister
trad. (媒人姐)		媒人	姐
simp. #(媒人姐)		媒人	姐
alternative forms		媒儂姐／媒侬姐

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hm̂-lâng-chiá

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hm̂-lâng-chiá
    • Tâi-lô: hm̂-lâng-tsiá
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hmlangciar
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hm̩²⁴⁻²² laŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡sia⁵³/

Noun

媒人姐

1. (Xiamen Hokkien, honorific) female matchmaker

Synonyms

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• 伐柯人 (fákērén) (literary)
• 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)