說親

Chinese

		to speak; to say; persuade (politically)	dear; intimate; parent dear; intimate; parent; relation; closely related; parents-in-law of one's offspring
trad. (說親)		說	親
simp. (说亲)		说	亲

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): shuōqīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄛ ㄑㄧㄣ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): so² qin¹

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syut³ can¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): soat-chhin / serh-chhin / seh-chhin / soeh-chhin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shuōqīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄛ ㄑㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuocin
    • Wade–Giles: shuo¹-chʻin¹
    • Yale: shwō-chīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuochin
    • Palladius: шоцинь (šocinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰin⁵⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: so² qin¹
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: so kin
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /so²¹ t͡ɕʰin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: syut³ can¹
    • Yale: syut chān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: syt⁸ tsan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xud³ cen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /syːt̚³ t͡sʰɐn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soat-chhin
    • Tâi-lô: suat-tshin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soatchyn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /suat̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /suat̚³²⁻⁵ t͡sʰin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /suat̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡sʰin³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: serh-chhin
    • Tâi-lô: serh-tshin
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sə(ʔ)⁵ t͡sʰin³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seh-chhin
    • Tâi-lô: seh-tshin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sehchyn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /se(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡sʰin⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soeh-chhin
    • Tâi-lô: sueh-tshin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soehchyn
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sue(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡sʰin⁴⁴/

Verb

說親

1. to act as matchmaker

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 做媒 (“to be a matchmaker or go-between (between prospective marriage partners)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		做媒
Northeastern Mandarin	Harbin	做媒
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	說親, 說媒, 做媒
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	做媒人
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	說媒
	Wanrong	說媒
	Xi'an	說媒
	Xining	說媒, 當媒人
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	說媒, 提親
	Ürümqi	做媒, 說親
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	做媒, 做紅, 說媒, 說親, 說對象, 介紹對象
	Wuhan	做媒
	Guiyang	說媒, 說親
	Liuzhou	做媒
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	做媒, 說親, 說媒
	Yangzhou	說親, 做媒
Cantonese	Dongguan	做媒人, 撥大葵扇
Gan	Nanchang	話媒
	Lichuan	話媒, 做媒
	Pingxiang	話媒
Hakka	Meixian	做媒
	Yudu	做媒, 話親事, 講親事
Huizhou	Jixi	做媒
Jin	Taiyuan	做媒, 說媒
	Xinzhou	說媒
Northern Min	Jian'ou	做媒人
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	講親, 做媒儂
Southern Min	Xiamen	做媒儂
	Quanzhou	做媒儂
	Zhangzhou	做媒儂
	Manila (Hokkien)	做媒儂
	Leizhou	做媒儂, 講媒儂
	Haikou	講親, 講親家
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	做媒
Wu	Shanghai	說媒, 做媒人
	Suzhou	做媒人
	Danyang	做媒人, 做介紹
	Hangzhou	做媒
	Ningbo	做媒
	Wenzhou	做媒
	Jinhua	做媒
Xiang	Changsha	做媒, 做介紹
	Loudi	做媒