媒妁

Chinese

		medium; intermediary; matchmaker medium; intermediary; matchmaker; go-between	surname; matchmaker
trad. (媒妁)		媒	妁
simp. #(媒妁)		媒	妁

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): méishuò

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˊ ㄕㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mui⁴ zoek³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: méishuò
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˊ ㄕㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: méishuò
    • Wade–Giles: mei²-shuo⁴
    • Yale: méi-shwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meishuoh
    • Palladius: мэйшо (mɛjšo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯³⁵ ʂu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mui⁴ zoek³
    • Yale: mùih jeuk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mui⁴ dzoek⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: mui⁴ zêg³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /muːi̯²¹ t͡sœːk̚³/

Noun

媒妁

1. (literary) bride's matchmaker
2. (literary) a go-between for the bride and groom

Synonyms

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• 伐柯人 (fákērén) (literary)
• 保山 (bǎoshān) (literary)
• 冰人 (bīngrén) (literary)
• 冰媒 (Tianjin Mandarin)
• 媒人 (méirén)
• 媒人姐 (Xiamen Hokkien, honorific, female)
• 媒人婆 (méirénpó) (female)
• 媒人媽／媒人妈 (muòi-nè̤ng-mā) (Eastern Min, female, Hokkien, female)
• 媒人嫲 (mû-nêng-mǎ) (Northern Min, female)
• 媒姨 (bhuê⁵ i⁵) (Teochew, female)
• 媒婆 (méipó) (female)
• 紅娘／红娘 (hóngniáng) (chiefly female)
• 紅葉／红叶 (Sichuanese)
• 紅葉公／红叶公 (Sichuanese, male)
• 紅葉婆／红叶婆 (Sichuanese, female)
• 花婆 (Hokkien, female)

 

Derived terms

• 媒妁之言
• 父母之命，媒妁之言

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
媒	妁
ばい Grade: S	しゃく Hyōgai
on'yomi

Noun

媒(ばい)妁(しゃく) • (baishaku) 

1. Alternative form of 媒酌