做媒

Chinese

		to do; to make; to produce	medium; intermediary; matchmaker medium; intermediary; matchmaker; go-between
trad. (做媒)		做	媒
simp. #(做媒)		做	媒

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): zuòméi

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄇㄟˊ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): zu⁴ mei²

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zou⁶ mui⁴ / zou⁶ mui^4-2
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): zo⁴ moi²
• Jin (Wiktionary): zueh⁴ mei¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chòe-mûi / chò-bôe
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): zou⁴ mei²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zuòméi
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄇㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zuòméi
    • Wade–Giles: tso⁴-mei²
    • Yale: dzwò-méi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuohmei
    • Palladius: цзомэй (czomɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ meɪ̯³⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: zu⁴ mei²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: zu mei
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su²¹³ mei²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zou⁶ mui⁴ / zou⁶ mui^4-2
    • Yale: jouh mùih / jouh múi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzou⁶ mui⁴ / dzou⁶ mui^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: zou⁶ mui⁴ / zou⁶ mui^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯²² muːi̯²¹/, /t͡sou̯²² muːi̯²¹⁻³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: zo⁴ moi²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡so⁵³⁻⁵⁵ moɪ¹¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: zueh⁴ mei¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡suəʔ²⁻⁵⁴ mei¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chòe-mûi
    • Tâi-lô: tsuè-muî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoeamuii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sue²¹⁻⁵³ muĩ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sue⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ muĩ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chò-bôe
    • Tâi-lô: tsò-buê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoirboee
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡so²¹⁻⁵³ bue¹³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: zou⁴ mei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡səu̯⁴⁵ me̞i̯¹³/

Verb

做媒

1. to be a matchmaker or go-between (between prospective marriage partners)
2. (Cantonese) to pretend to be a member of the public and make fake purchases

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