保媒

Chinese

		to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee; to maintain; hold or keep; to guard	medium; intermediary; matchmaker medium; intermediary; matchmaker; go-between
trad. (保媒)		保	媒
simp. #(保媒)		保	媒

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǎoméi

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˇ ㄇㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bou² mui⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǎoméi
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˇ ㄇㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǎoméi
    • Wade–Giles: pao³-mei²
    • Yale: bǎu-méi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baomei
    • Palladius: баомэй (baomɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ meɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bou² mui⁴
    • Yale: bóu mùih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bou² mui⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bou² mui⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯³⁵ muːi̯²¹/

Verb

保⫽媒 (verb-object) (intransitive)

1. to be a matchmaker