媒人媽

Chinese

		matchmaker	mother; mama
trad. (媒人媽)		媒人	媽
simp. (媒人妈)		媒人	妈
alternative forms		媒儂媽／媒侬妈

Pronunciation

Eastern Min (BUC): muòi-nè̤ng-mā
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): m̂-lâng-má

Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: muòi-nè̤ng-mā
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mui⁵³⁻³³ nˡøyŋ⁵³⁻³³ ma³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: m̂-lâng-má
  - Tâi-lô: m̂-lâng-má
  - Phofsit Daibuun: mlangmar
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /m̩²⁴⁻²² laŋ²⁴⁻²² mã⁵⁵⁴/

Noun

媒人媽

(Eastern Min, Quanzhou Hokkien) 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)

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