媒人嫲

Chinese

		matchmaker
trad. (媒人嫲)		媒人	嫲
simp. #(媒人嫲)		媒人	嫲

Pronunciation

• Northern Min (KCR): mû-nêng-mǎ

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• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: mû-nêng-mǎ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu³³ neiŋ³³ ma²¹/

Noun

媒人嫲

1. (Northern Min) female 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 (méirén)
• 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)