紅娘

See also: 红娘

Chinese

		red; revolutionary; prosperity red; revolutionary; prosperity; bonus; popular	mother; young lady
trad. (紅娘)		紅	娘
simp. (红娘)		红	娘

Etymology

From the maidservant of Cui Yingying in Yingying's Biography (《鶯鶯傳》), who acts as a matchmaker for Cui Yingying and Scholar Zhang.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hóngniáng

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄋㄧㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hung⁴ noeng⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): âng-niû / âng-niô͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hóngniáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄋㄧㄤˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hóngniáng
  - Wade–Giles: hung²-niang²
  - Yale: húng-nyáng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: horngniang
  - Palladius: хуннян (xunnjan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xʊŋ³⁵ ni̯ɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hung⁴ noeng⁴
  - Yale: hùhng nèuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hung⁴ noeng⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: hung⁴ nêng⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ²¹ nœːŋ²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: âng-niû
  - Tâi-lô: âng-niû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: angniuu
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /aŋ²³⁻³³ niũ²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /aŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ niũ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Xiamen): /aŋ²⁴⁻²² niũ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: âng-niô͘
  - Tâi-lô: âng-niôo
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /aŋ¹³⁻²² niɔ̃¹³/

Noun

紅娘

(chiefly female) matchmaker

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)
媒妁 (méishuò) (literary)
媒姨 (Teochew, female)
媒婆 (méipó) (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)

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