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

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

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

Synonyms

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 (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 Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Noun

媒(ばい)妁(しゃく) • (baishaku)

Alternative form of 媒酌

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