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Chinese
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red; revolutionary; prosperity red; revolutionary; prosperity; bonus; popular
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mother; young lady
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| trad. (紅娘)
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紅
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娘
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| simp. (红娘)
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红
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娘
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Etymology
From the maidservant of Cui Yingying in Yingying's Biography (《鶯鶯傳》), who acts as a matchmaker for Cui Yingying and Scholar Zhang.
Pronunciation
Noun
紅娘
- (chiefly 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)
- 紅葉／红叶 (Sichuanese)
- 紅葉公／红叶公 (Sichuanese, male)
- 紅葉婆／红叶婆 (Sichuanese, female)
- 花婆 (Hokkien, female)