說媒

See also: 说媒

Chinese

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

Etymology

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shuōméi

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄛㄇㄟˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): syut³ mui⁴
Min Nan (POJ): soat-mûi / soat-bôe

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: shuōméi
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄛㄇㄟˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuomei
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shuoméi
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂwɔ⁵⁵ meɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: syut³ mui⁴
  - Yale: syut mùih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: syt⁸ mui⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: xud³ mui⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /ʃyːt̚³ muːy̯²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - 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/

Noun

說媒

matchmaking

Verb

說媒

to act as a go-between for a betrothal

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