媒婆

Chinese

		medium; intermediary; matchmaker medium; intermediary; matchmaker; go-between	grandmother; matron; mother-in-law
trad. (媒婆)		媒	婆
simp. #(媒婆)		媒	婆

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): méipó

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˊ ㄆㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mui⁴ po⁴
• Jin (Wiktionary): mei¹ pe¹ zeh
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): mûi-pô / bôe-pô / môe-pô

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: méipó
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˊ ㄆㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: méipó
    • Wade–Giles: mei²-pʻo²
    • Yale: méi-pwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meipor
    • Palladius: мэйпо (mɛjpo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯³⁵ pʰu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mui⁴ po⁴
    • Yale: mùih pòh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mui⁴ po⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: mui⁴ po⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /muːi̯²¹ pʰɔː²¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: mei¹ pe¹ zeh
    • Sinological IPA (old-style, no sandhi): /mei¹¹ pʰxɤ¹¹ t͡səʔ²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mûi-pô
    • Tâi-lô: muî-pô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mui'pooi
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Xiamen): /muĩ²⁴⁻²² po²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bôe-pô
    • Tâi-lô: buê-pô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boe'pooi
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bue¹³⁻²² po¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: môe-pô
    • Tâi-lô: muê-pô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: moe'pooi
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /muẽ²³⁻³³ pɤ²³/

Noun

媒婆

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)
• 媒人婆 (méirénpó) (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 (Teochew, 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)

 

See also

• 三姑六婆 (sāngūliùpó)