做媒人
Chinese
| to do; to make; to produce | matchmaker | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (做媒人) | 做 | 媒人 | |
| simp. #(做媒人) | 做 | 媒人 | |
| alternative forms | 做媒儂／做媒侬 coastal Min | ||
Pronunciation
- Northern Min (KCR): ca̿-mû-nêng
- Eastern Min (BUC): có̤-muòi-nè̤ng
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 5tsu-me-gnin
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ca̿-mû-nêng
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sa³³ mu³³ neiŋ³³/
- (Jian'ou)
- Eastern Min
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chòe-m̂-lâng
- Tâi-lô: tsuè-m̂-lâng
- Phofsit Daibuun: zoea'mlaang
- IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sue⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ m̩²⁴⁻²² laŋ²⁴/
- IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sue²¹⁻⁵³ m̩²⁴⁻²² laŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chò-bûn-lâng
- Tâi-lô: tsò-bûn-lâng
- Phofsit Daibuun: zoirbunlaang
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡so²¹⁻⁵³ bun¹³⁻²² laŋ¹³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chòe-hm̂-lâng
- Tâi-lô: tsuè-hm̂-lâng
- Phofsit Daibuun: zoea'hmlaang
- IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sue²¹⁻⁵³ hm̩²⁴⁻²² laŋ²⁴/
- (Leizhou)
- Leizhou Pinyin: zo3 bhue5 nang5
- Sinological IPA: /t͡sɔ²¹⁻⁵⁵ buɛ²² naŋ²²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
- Wu
Verb
做媒人
- (Muping Mandarin, dialectal Cantonese, Min, Wu) to be a matchmaker or go-between (between prospective marriage partners)
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 做媒 (“to be a matchmaker or go-between (between prospective marriage partners)”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 做媒 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 做媒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 說親, 說媒, 做媒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 做媒人 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 說媒 |
| Wanrong | 說媒 | |
| Xi'an | 說媒 | |
| Xining | 說媒, 當媒人 | |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 說媒, 提親 |
| Ürümqi | 做媒, 說親 | |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 做媒, 做紅, 說媒, 說親, 說對象, 介紹對象 |
| Wuhan | 做媒 | |
| Guiyang | 說媒, 說親 | |
| Liuzhou | 做媒 | |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 做媒, 說親, 說媒 |
| Yangzhou | 說親, 做媒 | |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 做媒人, 撥大葵扇 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 話媒 |
| Lichuan | 話媒, 做媒 | |
| Pingxiang | 話媒 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 做媒 |
| Yudu | 做媒, 話親事, 講親事 | |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 做媒 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 做媒, 說媒 |
| Xinzhou | 說媒 | |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 做媒人 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 講親, 做媒儂 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 做媒儂 |
| Quanzhou | 做媒儂 | |
| Zhangzhou | 做媒儂 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 做媒儂 | |
| Leizhou | 做媒儂, 講媒儂 | |
| Haikou | 講親, 講親家 | |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 做媒 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 說媒, 做媒人 |
| Suzhou | 做媒人 | |
| Danyang | 做媒人, 做介紹 | |
| Hangzhou | 做媒 | |
| Ningbo | 做媒 | |
| Wenzhou | 做媒 | |
| Jinhua | 做媒 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 做媒, 做介紹 |
| Loudi | 做媒 | |
Noun
做媒人
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 媒人 (“matchmaker”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 媒人 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 大媒 |
| Tianjin (Wuqing) | 冰媒 | |
| Harbin | 媒人, 保媒的 | |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 媒人, 做媒的, 介紹人, 媒婆 woman |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 媒人, 媒婆子 woman, 媒婆兒 woman |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 媒人, 說媒的, 大冰, 介紹人, 媒婆兒 woman |
| Wanrong | 媒人, 媒婆子 woman | |
| Xi'an | 媒人, 紅葉 respectful, 媒婆 woman, 媒婆子 woman | |
| Xining | 冰公大人, 媒人 | |
| Xuzhou | 大媒, 媒人, 介紹人 | |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 媒人, 管媒的, 媒婆婆 woman |
| Lanzhou | 媒人 | |
| Ürümqi | 媒人, 媒婆子 woman | |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 媒人, 紅葉, 紅葉公 man, 紅葉婆 woman |
| Wuhan | 媒人 | |
| Guiyang | 媒人 man, 媒婆 woman, 介紹人 | |
| Liuzhou | 媒人, 媒人婆 woman | |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 媒托 |
| Yangzhou | 媒人 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 媒人, 媒人公 man, 媒人婆 woman, 大葵扇 woman |
| Hong Kong | 媒人, 媒人公 man, 媒人婆 woman, 大葵扇 woman | |
| Macau | 媒人, 媒人婆 woman | |
| Taishan | 媒人 | |
| Dongguan | 介紹人, 媒人婆 woman | |
| Shaoguan | 媒人 | |
| Fengkai (Nanfeng) | 媒人公 | |
| Tengxian | 媒姼公 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 媒人, 介紹人, 媒婆 woman |
| Lichuan | 媒人, 媒婆 woman | |
| Pingxiang | 媒人, 牽丈公 man, respectful, 媒人公 man, 媒人婆 woman, 媒婆 woman, 牽六股繩子個 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 媒人婆 woman |
| Yudu | 媒人, 紅蟻公, 長腳媒人 derogatory, 媒人婆 woman | |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 媒人, 媒人婆 woman | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 媒人, 媒人婆 woman | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 媒人, 媒人婆 woman | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 媒人, 媒人婆 woman | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 媒人, 媒人婆 woman | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 媒人, 媒人婆 woman | |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 媒人 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 媒人, 介紹人, 媒婆子 woman |
| Xinzhou | 媒人, 說媒哩, 介紹人, 媒漢子 man, 媒婆子 woman | |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 媒人, 媒人嫲 woman |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 媒儂, 媒儂媽 woman |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 媒儂, 媒儂公, 媒儂婆 woman, slightly derogatory, 花婆 woman, derogatory, 媒儂姐 respectful |
| Quanzhou | 媒儂, 媒儂媽 woman, 媒儂婆 woman, slightly derogatory, 花婆 woman, derogatory | |
| Zhangzhou | 媒儂, 媒儂婆 woman, slightly derogatory, 花婆 woman, derogatory | |
| Taipei | 媒儂, 媒儂公 man, 媒儂婆 woman | |
| New Taipei (Sanxia) | 媒儂 | |
| Kaohsiung | 媒儂 | |
| Yilan | 媒儂, 媒儂婆 woman | |
| Changhua (Lukang) | 媒儂 | |
| Taichung | 媒儂, 媒儂婆仔 woman | |
| Tainan | 媒儂, 媒儂婆 woman | |
| Hsinchu | 媒儂 | |
| Kinmen | 媒儂 | |
| Penghu (Magong) | 媒儂 | |
| Chaozhou | 媒儂公 | |
| Shantou | 媒儂 | |
| Leizhou | 做媒儂, 講媒儂, 媒儂公 man, 媒儂婆 woman | |
| Wenchang | 媒儂婆 woman | |
| Haikou | 媒儂, 媒儂婆 woman | |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 媒人, 媒公 man, 媒老太 woman, 媒婆 woman |
| Wu | Shanghai | 媒人 |
| Shanghai (Chongming) | 瞞人 | |
| Suzhou | 媒人 | |
| Danyang | 媒人, 介紹人 | |
| Hangzhou | 媒人, 大冰老爺, 媒婆 woman | |
| Ningbo | 媒人 | |
| Wenzhou | 媒人, 做媒人, 媒翁 man, 媒婆 woman | |
| Jinhua | 媒人 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 媒人 |
| Xiangxiang | 介紹人, 媒人 | |
| Loudi | 媒人, 媒人公 | |
| Xiangnan Tuhua | Dong'an | 媒人 |