媒婆

媒婆

Chinese

		medium; intermediary; matchmaker medium; intermediary; matchmaker; go-between	grandmother; matron; mother-in-law
simp. and trad. (媒婆)		媒	婆

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): méipó

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˊ ㄆㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mui⁴ po⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): mûi-pô / bôe-pô / môe-pô

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: méipó
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˊ ㄆㄛˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meipor
    • IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯³⁵ pʰu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: mui⁴ po⁴
    • Yale: mùih pòh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mui⁴ po⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: mui⁴ po⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /muːy̯²¹ pʰɔː²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mûi-pô
    • Tâi-lô: muî-pô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mui'pooi
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Xiamen): /muĩ²⁴⁻²² po²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bôe-pô
    • Tâi-lô: buê-pô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boe'pooi
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bue¹³⁻²² po¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: môe-pô
    • Tâi-lô: muê-pô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: moe'pooi
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /muẽ²³⁻³³ pɤ²³/

Noun

媒婆

1. female matchmaker

Synonyms

• 媒人婆 (méirénpó)
• 媒人 (méirén)
• (literary) 伐柯人 (fákērén), 媒妁 (méishuò)
• (Min Nan) 花婆, 媒人姐, 媒人媽／媒人妈, 媒姨

See also

• 三姑六婆 (sāngūliùpó)