月下老人

Chinese

		in the moonlight	old person; the old; the elderly old person; the old; the elderly; elder
trad. (月下老人)		月下	老人
simp. #(月下老人)		月下	老人

Etymology

See Yue Lao.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Yuèxià Lǎorén

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄝˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄌㄠˇ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyut⁶ haa⁶ lou⁵ jan⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Goa̍t-hā-nó͘-jîn / Goa̍t-hā-nó͘-lîn / Goa̍t-hā-ló-jîn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Yuèxià Lǎorén
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄝˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄌㄠˇ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Yuèsià Lǎorén
    • Wade–Giles: Yüeh⁴-hsia⁴ Lao³-jên²
    • Yale: Ywè-syà Lǎu-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yuehshiah Laoren
    • Palladius: Юэся Лаожэнь (Juesja Laožɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ä⁵¹ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyut⁶ haa⁶ lou⁵ jan⁴
    • Yale: yuht hah lóuh yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyt⁹ haa⁶ lou⁵ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yud⁶ ha⁶ lou⁵ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːt̚² haː²² lou̯¹³ jɐn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Goa̍t-hā-nó͘-jîn
    • Tâi-lô: Gua̍t-hā-nóo-jîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: goadhaxnofjiin
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡuat̚⁴⁻³² ha³³⁻²¹ nɔ̃⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ zin²³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Goa̍t-hā-nó͘-lîn
    • Tâi-lô: Gua̍t-hā-nóo-lîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: goadhaxnofliin
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡuat̚⁴⁻³² ha³³⁻¹¹ nɔ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lin²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Goa̍t-hā-ló-jîn
    • Tâi-lô: Gua̍t-hā-ló-jîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: goadhaxloyjiin
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡuat̚⁴⁻³² ha³³⁻²¹ lɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ zin²³/

Proper noun

月下老人

1. (Taoism, mythology) Yue Lao; god of marriage

Noun

月下老人

1. (figurative) matchmaker; go-between

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)
• 月老 (yuèlǎo)
• 紅娘 / 红娘 (hóngniáng) (chiefly female)