媒妁

媒妁

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): méishuò

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˊ ㄕㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mui⁴ zoek³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: méishuò
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˊ ㄕㄨㄛˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meishuoh
    • IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯³⁵ ʂu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: mui⁴ zoek³
    • Yale: mùih jeuk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mui⁴ dzoek⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: mui⁴ zêg³
    • IPA ^(key): /muːy̯²¹ t͡ʃœ̽ːk̚³/

Noun

媒妁

1. (literary) matchmaker; go-between

Synonyms

• (literary) 伐柯人 (fákērén)
• (female) 媒婆 (méipó)
• 媒人 (méirén)

Derived terms

媒妁之言

父母之命，媒妁之言

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
媒	妁
ばい Grade: S	しゃく Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Noun

媒妁 (hiragana ばいしゃく, rōmaji baishaku)

1. Alternative form of 媒酌