紅娘

紅娘

See also: 红娘

Chinese

		red; revolutionary; prosperity red; revolutionary; prosperity; bonus; popular	mother; young lady
trad. (紅娘)		紅	娘
simp. (红娘)		红	娘

Etymology

From the maidservant of Cui Yingying in Yingying's Biography (《鶯鶯傳》), who acts as a matchmaker for Cui Yingying and Scholar Zhang.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hóngniáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄋㄧㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hung⁴ noeng⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): âng-niû / âng-niô͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hóngniáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄋㄧㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hóngniáng
    • Wade–Giles: hung²-niang²
    • Yale: húng-nyáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: horngniang
    • Palladius: хуннян (xunnjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xʊŋ³⁵ njɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hung⁴ noeng⁴
    • Yale: hùhng nèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hung⁴ noeng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hung⁴ nêng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ²¹ nœːŋ²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: âng-niû
    • Tâi-lô: âng-niû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: angniuu
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /aŋ²³⁻³³ niũ²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /aŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ niũ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Xiamen): /aŋ²⁴⁻²² niũ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: âng-niô͘
    • Tâi-lô: âng-niôo
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /aŋ¹³⁻²² niɔ̃¹³/

Noun

紅娘

1. (chiefly female) matchmaker

Synonyms

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Synonyms of 紅娘

伐柯人 (fákērén) (literary) 保山 (bǎoshān) (literary) 冰人 (bīngrén) (literary) 冰媒 (Tianjin) 媒人 (méirén) 媒人姐 (Min Nan, honorific, female) 媒人婆 (méirénpó) (female) 媒人嫲 (Min Bei, female)

媒妁 (méishuò) (literary) 媒姨 (Min Nan, female) 媒婆 (méipó) (female) 花婆 (Min Nan, female) 媒人媽／媒人妈 (Min Dong, Min Nan, female) 紅葉 (Sichuan) 紅葉公／红叶公 (Sichuan, male) 紅葉婆／红叶婆 (Sichuan, female)