媒人婆

Chinese edit

	matchmaker	grandmother; matron; mother-in-law
trad. (媒人婆)	媒人	婆
simp. ^#(媒人婆)	媒人	婆
alternative forms	媒儂婆／媒侬婆 Min Nan

Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): méirénpó

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄆㄛˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mui⁴ jan⁴ po⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): mòi-ngìn-phò

(Meixian, Guangdong): moi² ngin² po²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): hm̂-lâng-pô / m̂-lâng-pô / bûn-lâng-pô / môe-lâng-pô / moâi-lâng-pô / mûi-lâng-pô

(Teochew, Peng'im): bhuê⁵ nang⁵ pua⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: méirénpó
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄆㄛˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: méirénpó
  - Wade–Giles: mei²-jên²-pʻo²
  - Yale: méi-rén-pwó
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meirenpor
  - Palladius: мэйжэньпо (mɛjžɛnʹpo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯³⁵ ʐən³⁵ pʰu̯ɔ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mui⁴ jan⁴ po⁴
  - Yale: mùih yàhn pòh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mui⁴ jan⁴ po⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: mui⁴ yen⁴ po⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /muːi̯²¹ jɐn²¹ pʰɔː²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mòi-ngìn-phò
  - Hakka Romanization System: moiˇ nginˇ poˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: moi² ngin² po²
  - Sinological IPA: /moi̯¹¹ ŋin¹¹ pʰo¹¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: moi² ngin² po²
  - Sinological IPA: /moɪ¹¹ ŋin¹¹ pʰo¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hm̂-lâng-pô
  - Tâi-lô: hm̂-lâng-pô
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hmlangpooi
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hm̩²⁴⁻²² laŋ²⁴⁻²² po²⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hm̩²⁴⁻¹¹ laŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ po²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: m̂-lâng-pô
  - Tâi-lô: m̂-lâng-pô
  - Phofsit Daibuun: mlangpooi
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /m̩²⁴⁻²² laŋ²⁴⁻²² po²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bûn-lâng-pô
  - Tâi-lô: bûn-lâng-pô
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bunlangpooi
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bun¹³⁻²² laŋ¹³⁻²² po¹³/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Yilan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: môe-lâng-pô
  - Tâi-lô: muê-lâng-pô
  - Phofsit Daibuun: moelangpooi
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /muẽ²³⁻³³ laŋ²³⁻³³ pɤ²³/
  - IPA (Yilan): /muẽ²⁴⁻³³ laŋ²⁴⁻³³ po²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Tainan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: moâi-lâng-pô
  - Tâi-lô: muâi-lâng-pô
  - Phofsit Daibuun: moailangpooi
  - IPA (Tainan): /muãi²⁴⁻³³ laŋ²⁴⁻³³ pɤ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mûi-lâng-pô
  - Tâi-lô: muî-lâng-pô
  - Phofsit Daibuun: muilangpooi
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /muĩ²³⁻³³ laŋ²³⁻³³ pɤ²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /muĩ²⁴⁻¹¹ laŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ po²⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bhuê⁵ nang⁵ pua⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: buê nâng phuâ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /bue⁵⁵⁻¹¹ naŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ pʰua⁵⁵/

Noun edit

媒人婆

female matchmaker

Synonyms edit

伐柯人 (fákērén) (literary)
保山 (bǎoshān) (literary)
冰人 (bīngrén) (literary)
冰媒 (Tianjin Mandarin)
媒人 (méirén)
媒人姐 (Xiamen Hokkien, honorific, 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 (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)