媒人婆

Chinese

		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

• 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

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• 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

媒人婆

1. 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)