媒人

Chinese

	medium; intermediary; matchmaker medium; intermediary; matchmaker; go-between	man; person; people
trad. (媒人)	媒	人
simp. ^#(媒人)	媒	人
alternative forms	媒儂／媒侬 Min

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媒人

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): méirén

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˊ ㄖㄣˊ

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): мыйжын (mɨyřɨn, I-II)
Cantonese (Jyutping): mui⁴ jan^4-2
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mòi-ngìn
Jin (Wiktionary): mei¹ reng¹
Northern Min (KCR): mô-nêng / mû-nêng
Eastern Min (BUC): muòi-nè̤ng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): hm̂-lâng / m̂-lâng / bûn-lâng / môe-lâng / moâi-lâng / hûn-lâng / mûi-lâng

(Teochew, Peng'im): bhuê⁵ nang⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: méirén → méiren (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˊ ㄖㄣˊ → ㄇㄟˊ ˙ㄖㄣ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: méire̊n
  - Wade–Giles: mei²-jên⁵
  - Yale: méi-ren
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mei.ren
  - Palladius: мэйжэнь (mɛjžɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯³⁵ ʐən³⁵/ → /meɪ̯³⁵ ʐən³/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: мыйжын (mɨyřɨn, I-II)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei²⁴ ʐəŋ⁵¹/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mui⁴ jan^4-2
  - Yale: mùih yán
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mui⁴ jan^4-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: mui⁴ yen^4-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /muːi̯²¹ jɐn²¹⁻³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mòi-ngìn
  - Hakka Romanization System: moi^ˇ ngin^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: moi² ngin²
  - Sinological IPA: /moi̯¹¹ ŋin¹¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: mei¹ reng¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /mei¹¹ ʐə̃ŋ¹¹/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: mô-nêng / mû-nêng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mo³³ neiŋ³³/, /mu³³ neiŋ³³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: muòi-nè̤ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mui⁵³⁻³³ nˡøyŋ⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Hsinchu, Lukang, Sanxia, Kinmen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hm̂-lâng
  - Tâi-lô: hm̂-lâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hmlaang
  - IPA (Taipei): /hm̩²⁴⁻¹¹ laŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kinmen): /hm̩²⁴⁻¹² laŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Lukang): /hm̩²⁴⁻²² laŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hm̩²³⁻³³ laŋ²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hm̩¹³⁻²² laŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Tainan): /hm̩²⁴⁻³³ laŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: m̂-lâng
  - Tâi-lô: m̂-lâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: mlaang
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Philippines): /m̩²⁴⁻²² laŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bûn-lâng
  - Tâi-lô: bûn-lâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bunlaang
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bun¹³⁻²² laŋ¹³/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Yilan, Taichung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: môe-lâng
  - Tâi-lô: muê-lâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: moelaang
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /muẽ²³⁻³³ laŋ²³/
  - IPA (Yilan): /muẽ²⁴⁻³³ laŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Tainan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: moâi-lâng
  - Tâi-lô: muâi-lâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: moailaang
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /muãi²³⁻³³ laŋ²³/
  - IPA (Tainan): /muãi²⁴⁻³³ laŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Magong)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hûn-lâng
  - Tâi-lô: hûn-lâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hunlaang
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mûi-lâng
  - Tâi-lô: muî-lâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: muilaang
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /muĩ²³⁻³³ laŋ²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /muĩ²⁴⁻¹¹ laŋ²⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bhuê⁵ nang⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: buê nâng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /bue⁵⁵⁻¹¹ naŋ⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: mwoj nyin

Rime
Character	媒	人
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	灰 (42)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	莫杯切	如鄰切
Baxter	mwoj	nyin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/muʌi/	/ȵiɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/muoi/	/ȵin/
Shao Rongfen	/muɒi/	/ȵʑjen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mwəj/	/ȵin/
Li Rong	/muᴀi/	/ȵiĕn/
Wang Li	/muɒi/	/ȵʑĭĕn/
Bernard Karlgren	/muɑ̆i/	/ȵʑi̯ĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	méi	rén
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mui⁴	jan⁴

Noun

媒人

(literary) matchmaker

Synonyms

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伐柯人 (fákērén) (literary)
保山 (bǎoshān) (literary)
冰人 (bīngrén) (literary)
冰媒 (Tianjin Mandarin)
媒人姐 (Xiamen Hokkien, honorific, female)
媒人婆 (méirénpó) (female)
媒人媽／媒人妈 (muòi-nè̤ng-mā) (Eastern Min, female, Hokkien, female)
媒人嫲 (mû-nêng-mǎ) (Northern Min, female)
媒妁 (méishuò) (literary)
媒姨 (bhuê⁵ i⁵) (Teochew, female)
媒婆 (méipó) (female)
紅娘／红娘 (hóngniáng) (chiefly female)
紅葉／红叶 (Sichuanese)
紅葉公／红叶公 (Sichuanese, male)
紅葉婆／红叶婆 (Sichuanese, female)
花婆 (Hokkien, female)

Derived terms