媒人
Chinese
medium; intermediary; matchmaker medium; intermediary; matchmaker; go-between |
man; person; people | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (媒人) | 媒 | 人 | |
| simp. #(媒人) | 媒 | 人 | |
| alternative forms | 媒儂／媒侬 coastal Min | ||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- Gan (Wiktionary): 'mi4 nyin4
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mòi-ngìn
- Jin (Wiktionary): mei1 reng1
- Northern Min (KCR): mô-nêng / mû-nêng
- Eastern Min (BUC): muòi-nè̤ng
- Southern Min
- Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): mui4 njen4
- Wu (Wugniu)
- Xiang
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: méirén → méiren (toneless final syllable variant)
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˊ ㄖㄣˊ → ㄇㄟˊ ˙ㄖㄣ (toneless final syllable variant)
- Tongyong Pinyin: méire̊n
- Wade–Giles: mei2-jên5
- Yale: méi-ren
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mei.ren
- Palladius: мэйжэнь (mɛjžɛnʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /meɪ̯³⁵ ʐən³⁵/ → /meɪ̯³⁵ ʐən³/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: mei2 ren2
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: meirhen
- Sinological IPA (key): /mei²¹ zən²¹/
- (Xi'an)
- Guanzhong Pinyin: méiren
- Sinological IPA (key): /mei²⁴ ʐẽ/
- (Dungan)
- (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: mui4 jan4-2 / mui4 jan4
- Yale: mùih yán / mùih yàhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: mui4 jan4-2 / mui4 jan4
- Guangdong Romanization: mui4 yen4-2 / mui4 yen4
- Sinological IPA (key): /muːi̯²¹ jɐn²¹⁻³⁵/, /muːi̯²¹ jɐn²¹/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: moi3 ngin3*
- Sinological IPA (key): /ᵐbᵘɔi²² ᵑɡin²²⁻²²⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Gan
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mòi-ngìn
- Hakka Romanization System: moiˇ nginˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: moi2 ngin2
- Sinological IPA: /moi̯¹¹ ŋin¹¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Jin
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: mô-nêng / mû-nêng
- Sinological IPA (key): /mo³³ neiŋ³³/, /mu³³ neiŋ³³/
- (Jian'ou)
- Eastern Min
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Yongchun, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Hsinchu, Lukang, Sanxia, Kinmen)
- (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/
- IPA (Yilan): /muẽ²⁴⁻³³ laŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Tainan)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: moâi-lâng
- Tâi-lô: muâi-lâng
- Phofsit Daibuun: moailaang
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /muãi²³⁻³³ laŋ²³/
- IPA (Tainan): /muãi²⁴⁻³³ laŋ²⁴/
- (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/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: bhuê5 nang5
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: buê nâng
- Sinological IPA (key): /bue⁵⁵⁻¹¹ naŋ⁵⁵/
- Southern Pinghua
- (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
- Jyutping++: mui4 njen4
- Sinological IPA (key): /mui²¹ ɲen²¹/
- (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
- Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
- Wugniu: 6me-gnin6
- MiniDict: me去 nyin去
- Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): 3me-nyin3
- Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /me²² n̠ʲin⁴⁴/
- (Northern: Suzhou)
- Wugniu: 2me-gnin2
- MiniDict: me平 nyin平
- Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /me²² n̠ʲin³³/
- (Northern: Hangzhou)
- Wugniu: 2mei-zen2
- MiniDict: mei平 zen平
- Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /mei²² zen³⁴/
- (Northern: Ningbo)
- Wugniu: 2mei-gnin2
- MiniDict: mei平 nyin平
- Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /mɐɪ²² n̠ʲiŋ⁵¹/
- (Jinhua)
- Wugniu: 2mae-gnin2
- Sinological IPA (Jinhua): /mɛ³¹ n̠ʲiŋ¹⁴/
- (Northern: Shanghai)
- Xiang
- Middle Chinese: mwoj nyin
Noun
媒人
- (literary) matchmaker
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 |