媒妁

Chinese

		medium; intermediary; matchmaker medium; intermediary; matchmaker; go-between	surname; matchmaker
simp. and trad. (媒妁)		媒	妁

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): méishuò

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˊ ㄕㄨㄛˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mui⁴ zoek³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: méishuò
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˊ ㄕㄨㄛˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meishuoh
  - IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯³⁵ ʂu̯ɔ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mui⁴ zoek³
  - Yale: mùih jeuk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mui⁴ dzoek⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: mui⁴ zêg³
  - IPA ^(key): /muːi̯²¹ t͡ɕœːk̚³/

Noun

媒妁

(literary) matchmaker; go-between

Synonyms

(literary) 伐柯人 (fákērén)
(female) 媒婆 (méipó)
媒人 (méirén)

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

媒妁 (hiragana ばいしゃく, rōmaji baishaku)

Alternative form of 媒酌

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