# 媒老太
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): mui$^4$ laau$^5$ taai$^3$
* Southern Pinghua
** (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
*** Jyutping++: mui$^4$ laau$^5$ taai$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /mui²¹ lau²⁴ tʰai⁵⁵/

### Noun

媒老太
* (Southern Pinghua) female matchmaker

#### Synonyms

* 伐柯人 (fákērén) (literary)
* 保山 (bǎoshān) (literary)
* 冰人 (bīngrén) (literary)
* 媒人 (méirén)
* 媒人婆 (méirénpó) (female)
* 媒妁 (méishuò) (literary)
* 媒姨 (bhuê$^5$ i$^5$) (Teochew, female)
* 媒婆 (méipó) (female)
* 月下老人 (Yuèxià Lǎorén)
* 月老 (yuèlǎo)
* 紅娘／红娘 (hóngniáng) (chiefly female)
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 媒人 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 大媒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tianjin (Wuqing) | 冰媒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 媒人, 保媒的 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 媒人, 做媒的, 介紹人, 媒婆 woman |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 媒人, 媒婆子 woman, 媒婆兒 woman |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 媒人, 說媒的, 大冰, 介紹人, 媒婆兒 woman |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 媒人, 媒婆子 woman |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 媒人, 紅葉 respectful, 媒婆 woman, 媒婆子 woman |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 冰公大人, 媒人 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 大媒, 媒人, 介紹人 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 媒人, 管媒的, 媒婆婆 woman |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 媒人 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 媒人, 媒婆子 woman |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 媒人, 紅葉, 紅葉公 man, 紅葉婆 woman |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 媒人 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 媒人 man, 媒婆 woman, 介紹人 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 媒人, 媒人婆 woman |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 媒托 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 媒人 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 媒人, 媒人公 man, 媒人婆 woman, 大葵扇 woman |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 媒人公, 大葵扇 woman |
| Cantonese | Macau | 媒人, 媒人婆 woman |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 介紹人, 媒人婆 woman |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 媒人 |
| Cantonese | Fengkai (Nanfeng) | 媒人公 |
| Cantonese | Tengxian | 媒姼公 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 媒人, 介紹人, 媒婆 woman |
| Gan | Lichuan | 媒人, 媒婆 woman |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 媒人, 牽丈公 man, respectful, 媒人公 man, 媒人婆 woman, 媒婆 woman, 牽六股繩子個 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 媒人婆 woman |
| Hakka | Yudu | 媒人, 紅蟻公, 長腳媒人 derogatory, 媒人婆 woman |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 媒人, 媒人婆 woman |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 媒人, 媒人婆 woman |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 媒人, 媒人婆 woman |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 媒人, 媒人婆 woman |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 媒人, 媒人婆 woman |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 媒人, 媒人婆 woman |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 媒人 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 媒人, 介紹人, 媒婆子 woman |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 媒人, 說媒哩, 介紹人, 媒漢子 man, 媒婆子 woman |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 媒人, 媒人嫲 woman |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 媒儂, 媒儂媽 woman |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 媒儂, 媒儂公, 媒儂婆 woman, slightly derogatory, 花婆 woman, derogatory, 媒儂姐 respectful |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 媒儂, 媒儂媽 woman, 媒儂婆 woman, slightly derogatory, 花婆 woman, derogatory |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 媒儂, 媒儂婆 woman, slightly derogatory, 花婆 woman, derogatory |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 媒儂, 媒儂公 man, 媒儂婆 woman |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 媒儂 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 媒儂 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 媒儂, 媒儂婆 woman |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 媒儂 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 媒儂, 媒儂婆仔 woman |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 媒儂, 媒儂婆 woman |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 媒儂 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 媒儂 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 媒儂 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 媒儂公 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 媒儂 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 做媒儂, 媒儂公 man, 媒儂婆 woman |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 媒儂婆 woman |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 媒儂, 媒儂婆 woman |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 媒人, 媒公 man, 媒老太 woman, 媒婆 woman |
| Wu | Shanghai | 媒人 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 瞞人 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 媒人 |
| Wu | Danyang | 媒人, 介紹人 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 媒人, 大冰老爺, 媒婆 woman |
| Wu | Ningbo | 媒人 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 媒人, 做媒人, 媒翁 man, 媒婆 woman |
| Wu | Jinhua | 媒人 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 媒人 |
| Xiang | Xiangxiang | 介紹人, 媒人 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 媒人, 媒人公 |
| Xiangnan Tuhua | Dong'an | 媒人 |