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 ʂwɔ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mui⁴ zoek³
  - Yale: mùih jeuk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mui⁴ dzoek⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: mui⁴ zêg³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /muːi̯²¹ t͡ʃœːk̚³/

Noun

媒妁

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

Synonyms

Synonyms of 媒妁

伐柯人 (fákērén) (literary)
保山 (bǎoshān) (literary)
冰人 (bīngrén) (literary)
冰媒 (Tianjin)
媒人 (méirén)
媒人姐 (Min Nan, honorific, female)
媒人婆 (méirénpó) (female)
媒人嫲 (Min Bei, female)

媒姨 (Min Nan, female)
媒婆 (méipó) (female)
花婆 (Min Nan, female)
媒人媽／媒人妈 (Min Dong, Min Nan, female)
紅娘／红娘 (hóngniáng) (chiefly female)
紅葉 (Sichuan)
紅葉公／红叶公 (Sichuan, male)
紅葉婆／红叶婆 (Sichuan, 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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