媒妁

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): méishuò

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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: méishuò
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˊ ㄕㄨㄛˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: méishuò
  - Wade–Giles: mei²-shuo⁴
  - Yale: méi-shwò
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meishuoh
  - Palladius: мэйшо (mɛjšo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯³⁵ ʂu̯ɔ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mui⁴ zoek³
  - Yale: mùih jeuk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mui⁴ dzoek⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: mui⁴ zêg³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /muːi̯²¹ t͡sœːk̚³/

Noun

媒妁

(literary) bride's matchmaker
(literary) a go-between for the bride and groom

Synonyms

伐柯人 (fákērén) (literary)
保山 (bǎoshān) (literary)
冰人 (bīngrén) (literary)
媒人 (méirén)
媒人婆 (méirénpó) (female)
媒姨 (bhuê⁵ i⁵) (Teochew, female)
媒婆 (méipó) (female)
月下老人 (Yuèxià Lǎorén)
月老 (yuèlǎo)
紅娘 / 红娘 (hóngniáng) (chiefly female)

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 Hyōgai
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 媒妁 – see the following entry.

【媒酌ばいしゃく】

[noun] matchmaking, arranging a marriage

[noun] a matchmaker

(This term, 媒妁, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)