# 說媒
## Chinese
### Etymology

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### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): shuōméi
       (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄛ ㄇㄟˊ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): so$^2$ mei$^2$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): syut$^3$ mui$^4$
* Jin (Wiktionary): sueh$^4$ mei$^1$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): soat-mûi / soat-bôe
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^7$seq-me
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shuōméi
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄛ ㄇㄟˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shuoméi
*** Wade–Giles: shuo$^1$-mei$^2$
*** Yale: shwō-méi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuomei
*** Palladius: шомэй (šomɛj)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵ meɪ̯³⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: so$^2$ mei$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: so mei
*** Sinological IPA : /so²¹ mei²¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: syut$^3$ mui$^4$
*** Yale: syut mùih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: syt$^8$ mui$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xud$^3$ mui$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /syːt̚³ muːi̯²¹/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: sueh$^4$ mei$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /suəʔ²⁻⁵⁴ mei¹¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
*** 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/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^7$seq-me
*** MiniDict: seh$^入$ me
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^4$seq-me
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /səʔ³³ me⁴⁴/

### Noun

說媒
* matchmaking

### Verb

說媒
* to be a matchmaker or go-between (between prospective marriage partners)

#### 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 |