媒婆

Chinese

		medium; intermediary; matchmaker medium; intermediary; matchmaker; go-between	grandmother; matron; mother-in-law
simp. and trad. (媒婆)		媒	婆

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): méipó

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˊ ㄆㄛˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mui⁴ po⁴
Min Nan (POJ): mûi-pô / bôe-pô / môe-pô

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: méipó
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˊ ㄆㄛˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meipor
  - IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯³⁵ pʰu̯ɔ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mui⁴ po⁴
  - Yale: mùih pòh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mui⁴ po⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: mui⁴ po⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /muːy̯²¹ pʰɔː²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mûi-pô
  - Tâi-lô: muî-pô
  - Phofsit Daibuun: mui'pooi
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Xiamen): /muĩ²⁴⁻²² po²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bôe-pô
  - Tâi-lô: buê-pô
  - Phofsit Daibuun: boe'pooi
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bue¹³⁻²² po¹³/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: môe-pô
  - Tâi-lô: muê-pô
  - Phofsit Daibuun: moe'pooi
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /muẽ²³⁻³³ pɤ²³/

Noun

媒婆

female matchmaker

Synonyms

媒人婆 (méirénpó)
媒人 (méirén)
(literary) 伐柯人 (fákērén), 媒妁 (méishuò)
(Min Nan) 花婆, 媒人姐, 媒人媽／媒人妈, 媒姨

See also

三姑六婆 (sāngūliùpó)

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