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
• Southern Min (Hokkien, 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 ni̯ɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hung⁴ noeng⁴
    • Yale: hùhng nèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hung⁴ noeng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hung⁴ nêng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ²¹ nœːŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (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

• 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)
• 媒人嫲 (mû-nêng-mǎ) (Northern Min, female)
• 媒妁 (méishuò) (literary)
• 媒姨 (bhuê⁵ i⁵) (Teochew, female)
• 媒婆 (méipó) (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)