媒妁

Chinese

		medium; intermediary; matchmaker medium; intermediary; matchmaker; go-between	surname; matchmaker
trad. (媒妁)		媒	妁
simp. #(媒妁)		媒	妁

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): méishuò

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˊ ㄕㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mui⁴ zoek³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: méishuò
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˊ ㄕㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: méishuò
    • Wade–Giles: mei²-shuo⁴
    • Yale: méi-shwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meishuoh
    • Palladius: мэйшо (mɛjšo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯³⁵ ʂu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mui⁴ zoek³
    • Yale: mùih jeuk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mui⁴ dzoek⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: mui⁴ zêg³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /muːi̯²¹ t͡sœːk̚³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 媒妁

1. (literary) matchmaker; go-between

Synonyms

• 媒人 (méirén)
• (literary) 伐柯人 (fákērén)
• (female) 媒婆 (méipó); (Min Nan) 媒人姐, 媒人媽／媒人妈, 媒姨

Derived terms

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
媒	妁
ばい Grade: S	しゃく Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Noun

媒(ばい)妁(しゃく) • (baishaku) 

1. Alternative form of 媒酌