媒人婆

Chinese

		matchmaker	grandmother; matron; mother-in-law
simp. and trad. (媒人婆)		媒人	婆
alt. forms		媒儂婆／媒侬婆 Min Nan

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): méirénpó

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄆㄛˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mui⁴ jan⁴ po⁴
Min Nan (POJ): hm̂-lâng-pô / m̂-lâng-pô / bûn-lâng-pô / môe-lâng-pô / moâi-lâng-pô / mûi-lâng-pô

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: méirénpó
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄆㄛˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meirenpor
  - IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯³⁵ ʐən³⁵ pʰu̯ɔ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mui⁴ jan⁴ po⁴
  - Yale: mùih yàhn pòh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mui⁴ jan⁴ po⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: mui⁴ yen⁴ po⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /muːi̯²¹ jɐn²¹ pʰɔː²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hm̂-lâng-pô
  - Tâi-lô: hm̂-lâng-pô
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hmlangpooi
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hm̩²⁴⁻²² laŋ²⁴⁻²² po²⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hm̩²⁴⁻¹¹ laŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ po²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: m̂-lâng-pô
  - Tâi-lô: m̂-lâng-pô
  - Phofsit Daibuun: mlangpooi
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /m̩²⁴⁻²² laŋ²⁴⁻²² po²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bûn-lâng-pô
  - Tâi-lô: bûn-lâng-pô
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bunlangpooi
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bun¹³⁻²² laŋ¹³⁻²² po¹³/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Yilan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: môe-lâng-pô
  - Tâi-lô: muê-lâng-pô
  - Phofsit Daibuun: moelangpooi
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /muẽ²³⁻³³ laŋ²³⁻³³ pɤ²³/
- (Hokkien: Tainan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: moâi-lâng-pô
  - Tâi-lô: muâi-lâng-pô
  - Phofsit Daibuun: moailangpooi
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mûi-lâng-pô
  - Tâi-lô: muî-lâng-pô
  - Phofsit Daibuun: muilangpooi
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /muĩ²³⁻³³ laŋ²³⁻³³ pɤ²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /muĩ²⁴⁻¹¹ laŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ po²⁴/

Noun

媒人婆

female matchmaker

Synonyms

媒婆 (méipó)

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