做媒人

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

• Min Bei (KCR): ca̿-mû-nêng
• Min Dong (BUC): có̤-muòi-nè̤ng
• Min Nan (POJ): chòe-m̂-lâng / chò-bûn-lâng / chòe-hm̂-lâng
• Wu (Wiktionary): tsu me nyin (T2)

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• Min Bei
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ca̿-mû-nêng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sa³³ mu³³ neiŋ³³/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: có̤-muòi-nè̤ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡so²¹³⁻⁵⁵ mui⁵³⁻⁵⁵ nˡøyŋ⁵³/
• Min Nan
  • (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/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: tsu me nyin (T2)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sv̩ʷ³³ me̞⁵⁵ n̠ʲɪɲ²¹/

Verb

做媒人

1. (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 edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		做媒
Mandarin	Harbin	做媒
	Yantai (Muping)	做媒人
	Jinan	說親, 說媒, 做媒
	Luoyang	說媒
	Wanrong	說媒
	Xi'an	說媒
	Yinchuan	說媒, 提親
	Xining	說媒, 當媒人
	Ürümqi	做媒, 說親
	Wuhan	做媒
	Chengdu	做媒, 做紅, 說媒, 說親, 說對象, 介紹對象
	Guiyang	說媒, 說親
	Liuzhou	做媒
	Yangzhou	說親, 做媒
	Nanjing	做媒, 說親, 說媒
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
Min Bei	Jian'ou	做媒人
Min Dong	Fuzhou	講親, 做媒儂
Min Nan	Xiamen	做媒儂
	Quanzhou	做媒儂
	Zhangzhou	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