媒人媽

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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)
媒人 (méirén)
媒人婆 (méirénpó) (female)
媒妁 (méishuò) (literary)
媒姨 (bhuê⁵ i⁵) (Teochew, female)
媒婆 (méipó) (female)
月下老人 (Yuèxià Lǎorén)
月老 (yuèlǎo)
紅娘 / 红娘 (hóngniáng) (chiefly female)

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