說親
Chinese
| to speak; to say; persuade (politically) | dear; intimate; parent dear; intimate; parent; relation; closely related; parents-in-law of one's offspring | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (說親) | 說 | 親 | |
| simp. (说亲) | 说 | 亲 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): syut3 can1
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): soat-chhin / serh-chhin / seh-chhin / soeh-chhin
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: shuōqīn
- Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄛ ㄑㄧㄣ
- Tongyong Pinyin: shuocin
- Wade–Giles: shuo1-chʻin1
- Yale: shwō-chīn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuochin
- Palladius: шоцинь (šocinʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰin⁵⁵/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: so2 qin1
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: so kin
- Sinological IPA (key): /so²¹ t͡ɕʰin⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: syut3 can1
- Yale: syut chān
- Cantonese Pinyin: syt8 tsan1
- Guangdong Romanization: xud3 cen1
- Sinological IPA (key): /syːt̚³ t͡sʰɐn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soat-chhin
- Tâi-lô: suat-tshin
- Phofsit Daibuun: soatchyn
- IPA (Xiamen): /suat̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰin⁴⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /suat̚³²⁻⁵ t͡sʰin⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /suat̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡sʰin³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: serh-chhin
- Tâi-lô: serh-tshin
- IPA (Quanzhou): /sə(ʔ)⁵ t͡sʰin³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seh-chhin
- Tâi-lô: seh-tshin
- Phofsit Daibuun: sehchyn
- IPA (Xiamen): /se(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡sʰin⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soeh-chhin
- Tâi-lô: sueh-tshin
- Phofsit Daibuun: soehchyn
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /sue(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡sʰin⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
Verb
說親
- to act as matchmaker
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 | |