# 媒人
## Chinese

* 媒人

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): méirén
       (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˊ ㄖㄣˊ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): mei$^2$ ren$^2$
    (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): méiren
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): мыйжын (mɨyřɨn, I-II)
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): mui$^4$ jan$^{4-2}$ / mui$^4$ jan$^4$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): moi$^3$ ngin$^{3*}$
* Gan (Wiktionary): 'mi$^4$ nyin$^4$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mòi-ngìn
* Jin (Wiktionary): mei$^1$ reng$^1$
* Northern Min (KCR): mô-nêng / mû-nêng
* Eastern Min (BUC): muòi-nè̤ng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): hm̂-lâng / m̂-lâng / bûn-lâng / môe-lâng / moâi-lâng / hûn-lâng / mûi-lâng
    (Teochew, Peng'im): bhuê$^5$ nang$^5$
* Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): mui$^4$ njen$^4$
* Wu (Wugniu)
** (Northern): $^6$me-gnin$_6$ / $^2$me-gnin$_2$ / $^2$mei-zen$_2$ / $^2$mei-gnin$_2$
** (Jinhua): $^2$mae-gnin$_2$
* Xiang
    (Changsha, Wiktionary): mei$^2$ ren$^2$
    (Loudi, Wiktionary): me$^2$ nin$^{2*}$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: méirén → méiren (toneless final syllable variant)
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˊ ㄖㄣˊ → ㄇㄟˊ ˙ㄖㄣ (toneless final syllable variant)
*** Tongyong Pinyin: méire̊n
*** Wade–Giles: mei$^2$-jên$^5$
*** Yale: méi-ren
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mei.ren
*** Palladius: мэйжэнь (mɛjžɛnʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /meɪ̯³⁵ ʐən³⁵/ → /meɪ̯³⁵ ʐən³/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: mei$^2$ ren$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: meirhen
*** Sinological IPA : /mei²¹ zən²¹/
** (Xi'an)
*** Guanzhong Pinyin: méiren
*** Sinological IPA : /mei²⁴ ʐẽ/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: мыйжын (mɨyřɨn, I-II)
*** Sinological IPA : /mei²⁴ ʐəŋ⁵¹/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: mui$^4$ jan$^{4-2}$ / mui$^4$ jan$^4$
*** Yale: mùih yán / mùih yàhn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: mui$^4$ jan$^{4-2}$ / mui$^4$ jan$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: mui$^4$ yen$^{4-2}$ / mui$^4$ yen$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /muːi̯²¹ jɐn²¹⁻³⁵/, /muːi̯²¹ jɐn²¹/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: moi$^3$ ngin$^{3*}$
*** Sinological IPA : /ᵐbᵘɔi²² ᵑɡin²²⁻²²⁵/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: 'mi$^4$ nyin$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /ˈmi³⁵ n̠ʲin³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mòi-ngìn
*** Hakka Romanization System: moi$^ˇ$ ngin$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: moi$^2$ ngin$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /moi̯¹¹ ŋin¹¹/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: mei$^1$ reng$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /mei¹¹ ʐəŋ¹¹/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: mô-nêng / mû-nêng
*** Sinological IPA : /mo³³ neiŋ³³/, /mu³³ neiŋ³³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: muòi-nè̤ng
*** Sinological IPA : /mui⁵³⁻³³ nˡøyŋ⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Yongchun, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Hsinchu, Lukang, Sanxia, Kinmen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hm̂-lâng
*** Tâi-lô: hm̂-lâng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hmlaang
*** IPA (Taipei): /hm̩²⁴⁻¹¹ laŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Kinmen): /hm̩²⁴⁻¹² laŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Yongchun, Lukang): /hm̩²⁴⁻²² laŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /hm̩²³⁻³³ laŋ²³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /hm̩¹³⁻²² laŋ¹³/
*** IPA (Tainan): /hm̩²⁴⁻³³ laŋ²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Philippines)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: m̂-lâng
*** Tâi-lô: m̂-lâng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: mlaang
*** IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Philippines): /m̩²⁴⁻²² laŋ²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bûn-lâng
*** Tâi-lô: bûn-lâng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: bunlaang
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /bun¹³⁻²² laŋ¹³/
** (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Yilan, Taichung)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: môe-lâng
*** Tâi-lô: muê-lâng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: moelaang
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /muẽ²³⁻³³ laŋ²³/
*** IPA (Yilan): /muẽ²⁴⁻³³ laŋ²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Tainan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: moâi-lâng
*** Tâi-lô: muâi-lâng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: moailaang
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /muãi²³⁻³³ laŋ²³/
*** IPA (Tainan): /muãi²⁴⁻³³ laŋ²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Magong)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hûn-lâng
*** Tâi-lô: hûn-lâng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hunlaang
** (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mûi-lâng
*** Tâi-lô: muî-lâng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: muilaang
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /muĩ²³⁻³³ laŋ²³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /muĩ²⁴⁻¹¹ laŋ²⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: bhuê$^5$ nang$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: buê nâng
*** Sinological IPA : /bue⁵⁵⁻¹¹ naŋ⁵⁵/
* Southern Pinghua
** (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
*** Jyutping++: mui$^4$ njen$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /mui²¹ ɲen²¹/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$me-gnin$_6$
*** MiniDict: me$^去$ nyin$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$me-nyin$_3$
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /me²² n̠ʲin⁴⁴/
** (Northern: Suzhou)
*** Wugniu: $^2$me-gnin$_2$
*** MiniDict: me$^平$ nyin$^平$
*** Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /me²² n̠ʲin³³/
** (Northern: Hangzhou)
*** Wugniu: $^2$mei-zen$_2$
*** MiniDict: mei$^平$ zen$^平$
*** Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /mei²² zen³⁴/
** (Northern: Ningbo)
*** Wugniu: $^2$mei-gnin$_2$
*** MiniDict: mei$^平$ nyin$^平$
*** Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /mɐɪ²² n̠ʲiŋ⁵¹/
** (Jinhua)
*** Wugniu: $^2$mae-gnin$_2$
*** Sinological IPA (Jinhua): /mɛ³¹ n̠ʲiŋ¹⁴/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: mei$^2$ ren$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /me̞i̯¹³ ʐən¹³/
** (Loudi)
*** Wiktionary: me$^2$ nin$^{2*}$
*** Sinological IPA : /me̞¹³ nin¹³⁻³³/
* Middle Chinese: mwoj nyin
Rime :
| Character | 媒 | 人 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 明 (4) | 日 (38) |
| Final (韻) | 灰 (42) | 眞 (43) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Open |
| Division (等) | I | III |
| Fanqie | 莫杯切 | 如鄰切 |
| Baxter | mwoj | nyin |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /muʌi/ | /ȵiɪn/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /muoi/ | /ȵin/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /muɒi/ | /ȵʑjen/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /mwəj/ | /ȵin/ |
| Li Rong | /muᴀi/ | /ȵiĕn/ |
| Wang Li | /muɒi/ | /ȵʑĭĕn/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /muɑ̆i/ | /ȵʑi̯ĕn/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | méi | rén |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | mui$^4$ | jan$^4$ |

### Noun

媒人
* (literary) matchmaker

#### Synonyms

* 伐柯人 (fákērén) (literary)
* 保山 (bǎoshān) (literary)
* 冰人 (bīngrén) (literary)
* 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, 媒人公 man, 媒人婆 woman, 大葵扇 woman |
| Cantonese | Macau | 媒人, 媒人婆 woman |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 媒人 |
| 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, 講媒儂, 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 |

#### Derived terms

* 便媒人
* 媒人保入房，無保一世人 / 媒人保入房，无保一世人
* 媒人公
* 媒人口，無量斗
* 媒人喙
* 媒人嘴
* 媒人婆 (méirénpó)
* 媒人婆拾馬糞 / 媒人婆拾马粪
* 媒人婆迷了路
* 媒人禮 / 媒人礼
* 新娘進了房，媒人扔過牆 / 新娘进了房，媒人扔过墙
* 落花媒人
* 雞仔媒人 / 鸡仔媒人