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
(Standard)
(Pinyin): méirén

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˊ ㄖㄣˊ

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): мыйжын (mɨyřɨn, I-II)
Cantonese (Jyutping): mui⁴ jan^4-2
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mòi-ngìn
Jin (Wiktionary): mei¹ reng¹
Northern Min (KCR): mô-nêng / mû-nêng
Eastern Min (BUC): muòi-nè̤ng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): hm̂-lâng / m̂-lâng / bûn-lâng / môe-lâng / moâi-lâng / hûn-lâng / mûi-lâng

(Teochew, Peng'im): bhuê⁵ nang⁵

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/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: мыйжын (mɨyřɨn, I-II)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei²⁴ ʐəŋ⁵¹/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
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/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: mei¹ reng¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /mei¹¹ ʐə̃ŋ¹¹/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: mô-nêng / mû-nêng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mo³³ neiŋ³³/, /mu³³ neiŋ³³/
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/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bhuê⁵ nang⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: buê nâng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /bue⁵⁵⁻¹¹ naŋ⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: mwoj nyin

Rime
Character	媒	人
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	灰 (42)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	莫杯切	如鄰切
Baxter	mwoj	nyin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/muʌi/	/ȵiɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/muoi/	/ȵin/
Shao Rongfen	/muɒi/	/ȵʑjen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mwəj/	/ȵin/
Li Rong	/muᴀi/	/ȵiĕn/
Wang Li	/muɒi/	/ȵʑĭĕn/
Bernard Karlgren	/muɑ̆i/	/ȵʑi̯ĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	méi	rén
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mui⁴	jan⁴

Noun

媒人

(literary) matchmaker

Synonyms

伐柯人 (fákērén) (literary)
保山 (bǎoshān) (literary)
冰人 (bīngrén) (literary)
冰媒 (Tianjin Mandarin)
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)
媒婆 (méipó) (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)

Derived terms

便媒人
媒人保入房，無保一世人／媒人保入房，无保一世人
媒人公
媒人口，無量斗
媒人喙
媒人嘴
媒人婆 (méirénpó)
媒人婆拾馬糞／媒人婆拾马粪
媒人婆迷了路
媒人禮／媒人礼
新娘進了房，媒人扔過牆／新娘进了房，媒人扔过墙
落花媒人
雞仔媒人／鸡仔媒人

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