# 做媒
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): zuòméi
       (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄇㄟˊ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): zu$^4$ mei$^2$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zou$^6$ mui$^4$ / zou$^6$ mui$^{4-2}$
* Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): zo$^4$ moi$^2$
* Jin (Wiktionary): zueh$^4$ mei$^1$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chòe-mûi / chò-bôe
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): zou$^4$ mei$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zuòméi
*** Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄇㄟˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: zuòméi
*** Wade–Giles: tso$^4$-mei$^2$
*** Yale: dzwò-méi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuohmei
*** Palladius: цзомэй (czomɛj)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ meɪ̯³⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: zu$^4$ mei$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: zu mei
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡su²¹³ mei²¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zou$^6$ mui$^4$ / zou$^6$ mui$^{4-2}$
*** Yale: jouh mùih / jouh múi
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzou$^6$ mui$^4$ / dzou$^6$ mui$^{4-2}$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zou$^6$ mui$^4$ / zou$^6$ mui$^{4-2}$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sou̯²² muːi̯²¹/, /t͡sou̯²² muːi̯²¹⁻³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: zo$^4$ moi$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡so⁵³⁻⁵⁵ moɪ¹¹/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: zueh$^4$ mei$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡suəʔ²⁻⁵⁴ mei¹¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chòe-mûi
*** Tâi-lô: tsuè-muî
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zoeamuii
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sue²¹⁻⁵³ muĩ²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sue⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ muĩ²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chò-bôe
*** Tâi-lô: tsò-buê
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zoirboee
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡so²¹⁻⁵³ bue¹³/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: zou$^4$ mei$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡səu̯⁴⁵ me̞i̯¹³/

### Verb

做媒
* to be a matchmaker or go-between (between prospective marriage partners)
* (Cantonese) to pretend to be a member of the public and make fake purchases

#### Synonyms

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