說媒

See also: 说媒

Chinese

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

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): shuōméi

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄛ ㄇㄟˊ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): so² mei²

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syut³ mui⁴
• Jin (Wiktionary): sueh⁴ mei¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): soat-mûi / soat-bôe
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷seq-me

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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/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: so² mei²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: so mei
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /so²¹ mei²¹/
• 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/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: sueh⁴ mei¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /suəʔ²⁻⁵⁴ mei¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • 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/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁷seq-me
    • MiniDict: seh^入 me
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴seq-me
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /səʔ³³ me⁴⁴/

Noun

說媒

1. matchmaking

Verb

說媒

1. to be a matchmaker or go-between (between prospective marriage partners)

Synonyms

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		做媒
Northeastern Mandarin	Harbin	做媒
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	說親, 說媒, 做媒
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	做媒人
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	說媒
	Wanrong	說媒
	Xi'an	說媒
	Xining	說媒, 當媒人
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	說媒, 提親
	Ürümqi	做媒, 說親
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	做媒, 做紅, 說媒, 說親, 說對象, 介紹對象
	Wuhan	做媒
	Guiyang	說媒, 說親
	Liuzhou	做媒
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	做媒, 說親, 說媒
	Yangzhou	說親, 做媒
Cantonese	Dongguan	做媒人, 撥大葵扇
Gan	Nanchang	話媒
	Lichuan	話媒, 做媒
	Pingxiang	話媒
Hakka	Meixian	做媒
	Yudu	做媒, 話親事, 講親事
Huizhou	Jixi	做媒
Jin	Taiyuan	做媒, 說媒
	Xinzhou	說媒
Northern Min	Jian'ou	做媒人
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	講親, 做媒儂
Southern Min	Xiamen	做媒儂
	Quanzhou	做媒儂
	Zhangzhou	做媒儂
	Manila (Hokkien)	做媒儂
	Leizhou	做媒儂, 講媒儂
	Haikou	講親, 講親家
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	做媒
Wu	Shanghai	說媒, 做媒人
	Suzhou	做媒人
	Danyang	做媒人, 做介紹
	Hangzhou	做媒
	Ningbo	做媒
	Wenzhou	做媒
	Jinhua	做媒
Xiang	Changsha	做媒, 做介紹
	Loudi	做媒

Dialectal synonyms of 做媒 (“to be a matchmaker or go-between (between prospective marriage partners)”) [map]