說媒

See also: 说媒

Chinese

		to speak; to say; persuade (politically)	medium; intermediary; matchmaker medium; intermediary; matchmaker; go-between
trad. (說媒)		說	媒
simp. (说媒)		说	媒

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shuōméi

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄛ ㄇㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syut³ mui⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): soat-mûi / soat-bôe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shuōméi
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄛ ㄇㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuoméi
    • Wade–Giles: shuo¹-mei²
    • Yale: shwō-méi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuomei
    • Palladius: шомэй (šomɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵ meɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: syut³ mui⁴
    • Yale: syut mùih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: syt⁸ mui⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xud³ mui⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /syːt̚³ muːi̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soat-mûi
    • Tâi-lô: suat-muî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soatmuii
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /suat̚⁵⁻²⁴ muĩ²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /suat̚³²⁻⁴ muĩ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soat-bôe
    • Tâi-lô: suat-buê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soatboee
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /suat̚³²⁻⁵ bue¹³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 說媒

1. matchmaking

Verb

說媒

1. to act as a go-between for a betrothal