媒人

Chinese

		medium; intermediary; matchmaker medium; intermediary; matchmaker; go-between	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (媒人)		媒	人

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): méirén

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˊ ㄖㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mui⁴ jan^4-2
Min Nan (POJ): hm̂-lâng / m̂-lâng / bûn-lâng / môe-lâng / moâi-lâng / hûn-lâng / mûi-lâng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: méirén → méiren (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˊ ㄖㄣˊ → ㄇㄟˊ ˙ㄖㄣ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mei.ren
  - IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯³⁵ ʐən³⁵/ → /meɪ̯³⁵ ʐən³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mui⁴ jan^4-2
  - Yale: mùih yán
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mui⁴ jan^4-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: mui⁴ yen²
  - IPA ^(key): /muːi̯²¹ jɐn²¹⁻³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Hsinchu, Lukang, Sanxia, Kinmen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hm̂-lâng
  - Tâi-lô: hm̂-lâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hmlaang
  - IPA (Taipei): /hm̩²⁴⁻¹¹ laŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kinmen): /hm̩²⁴⁻¹² laŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hm̩²⁴⁻²² laŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hm̩²³⁻³³ laŋ²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hm̩¹³⁻²² laŋ¹³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: m̂-lâng
  - Tâi-lô: m̂-lâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: mlaang
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Philippines): /m̩²⁴⁻²² laŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bûn-lâng
  - Tâi-lô: bûn-lâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bunlaang
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bun¹³⁻²² laŋ¹³/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Yilan, Taichung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: môe-lâng
  - Tâi-lô: muê-lâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: moelaang
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /muẽ²³⁻³³ laŋ²³/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Tainan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: moâi-lâng
  - Tâi-lô: muâi-lâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: moailaang
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /muãi²³⁻³³ laŋ²³/
- (Hokkien: Magong)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hûn-lâng
  - Tâi-lô: hûn-lâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hunlaang
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mûi-lâng
  - Tâi-lô: muî-lâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: muilaang
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /muĩ²³⁻³³ laŋ²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /muĩ²⁴⁻¹¹ laŋ²⁴/

Noun

媒人

matchmaker

Synonyms

(literary) 伐柯人 (fákērén)
(female) 媒婆 (méipó)
(literary) 媒妁 (méishuò)

Derived terms

便媒人
媒人公
媒人口，無量斗／媒人口，无量斗
媒人喙
媒人嘴
媒人婆 (méirénpó)

媒人婆拾馬糞／媒人婆拾马粪
媒人婆迷了路
媒人禮／媒人礼
新娘進了房，媒人扔過牆／新娘进了房，媒人扔过墙
落花媒人
雞仔媒人／鸡仔媒人

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