媒人

Chinese

		medium; intermediary; matchmaker medium; intermediary; matchmaker; go-between	man; person; people
trad. (媒人)		媒	人
simp. #(媒人)		媒	人
alternative forms		媒儂／媒侬 Min

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): méirén

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˊ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mui⁴ jan^4-2
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mòi-ngìn
• Eastern Min (BUC): muòi-nè̤ng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hm̂-lâng / m̂-lâng / bûn-lâng / môe-lâng / moâi-lâng / hûn-lâng / mûi-lâng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: méirén → méiren (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˊ ㄖㄣˊ → ㄇㄟˊ ˙ㄖㄣ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: méire̊n
    • Wade–Giles: mei²-jên⁵
    • Yale: méi-ren
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mei.ren
    • Palladius: мэйжэнь (mɛjžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯³⁵ ʐən³⁵/ → /meɪ̯³⁵ ʐən³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mui⁴ jan^4-2
    • Yale: mùih yán
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mui⁴ jan^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: mui⁴ yen^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /muːi̯²¹ jɐn²¹⁻³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mòi-ngìn
    • Hakka Romanization System: moiˇ nginˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: moi² ngin²
    • Sinological IPA: /moi̯¹¹ ŋin¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: muòi-nè̤ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mui⁵³⁻³³ nˡøyŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Hsinchu, Lukang, Sanxia, Kinmen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hm̂-lâng
    • Tâi-lô: hm̂-lâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hmlaang
    • IPA (Taipei): /hm̩²⁴⁻¹¹ laŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kinmen): /hm̩²⁴⁻¹² laŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Lukang): /hm̩²⁴⁻²² laŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hm̩²³⁻³³ laŋ²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hm̩¹³⁻²² laŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Tainan): /hm̩²⁴⁻³³ laŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: m̂-lâng
    • Tâi-lô: m̂-lâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mlaang
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Philippines): /m̩²⁴⁻²² laŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bûn-lâng
    • Tâi-lô: bûn-lâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bunlaang
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bun¹³⁻²² laŋ¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Yilan, Taichung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: môe-lâng
    • Tâi-lô: muê-lâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: moelaang
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /muẽ²³⁻³³ laŋ²³/
    • IPA (Yilan): /muẽ²⁴⁻³³ laŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Tainan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: moâi-lâng
    • Tâi-lô: muâi-lâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: moailaang
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /muãi²³⁻³³ laŋ²³/
    • IPA (Tainan): /muãi²⁴⁻³³ laŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Magong)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hûn-lâng
    • Tâi-lô: hûn-lâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hunlaang
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mûi-lâng
    • Tâi-lô: muî-lâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: muilaang
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /muĩ²³⁻³³ laŋ²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /muĩ²⁴⁻¹¹ laŋ²⁴/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 媒人

1. matchmaker

Synonyms

• (literary) 伐柯人 (fákērén), 媒妁 (méishuò)
• (female) 媒婆 (méipó), 媒人婆 (méirénpó); (Min Nan) 花婆, 媒人姐, 媒人媽／媒人妈, 媒姨

Derived terms

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