說媒
See also: 说媒
Chinese
| to speak; to say; persuade (politically) | medium; intermediary; matchmaker medium; intermediary; matchmaker; go-between | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (說媒/説媒) | 說/説 | 媒 | |
| simp. (说媒) | 说 | 媒 | |
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard)
- (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): so2 mei2
- Cantonese (Jyutping): syut3 mui4
- Jin (Wiktionary): sueh4 mei1
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): soat-mûi / soat-bôe
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 7seq-me
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: shuōméi
- Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄛ ㄇㄟˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: shuoméi
- Wade–Giles: shuo1-mei2
- Yale: shwō-méi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuomei
- Palladius: шомэй (šomɛj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵ meɪ̯³⁵/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: so2 mei2
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: so mei
- Sinological IPA (key): /so²¹ mei²¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: syut3 mui4
- Yale: syut mùih
- Cantonese Pinyin: syt8 mui4
- Guangdong Romanization: xud3 mui4
- Sinological IPA (key): /syːt̚³ muːi̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jin
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soat-mûi
- Tâi-lô: suat-muî
- Phofsit Daibuun: soatmuii
- IPA (Quanzhou): /suat̚⁵⁻²⁴ muĩ²⁴/
- IPA (Xiamen): /suat̚³²⁻⁴ muĩ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soat-bôe
- Tâi-lô: suat-buê
- Phofsit Daibuun: soatboee
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /suat̚³²⁻⁵ bue¹³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
- Wu
Noun
說媒
Verb
說媒
- 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 | |