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媒婆

媒婆

Chinese

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

Noun

媒婆

female matchmaker

See also

媒人 (méirén)
媒妁 (méishuò)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): méipó

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˊ ㄆㄛˊ
Min Nan (POJ): môe-pô

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: méipó
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˊ ㄆㄛˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meipor
  - IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯³⁵ pʰu̯ɔ³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: môe-pô
  - Tâi-lô: muê-pô
  - Phofsit Daibuun: moe'pooi
  - IPA (Xiamen): /mue²⁴⁻²² pɤ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /mue²⁴⁻²² pɤ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /mue¹³⁻²² pɤ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /mue²⁴⁻¹¹ po²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /mue²³⁻³³ pɤ²³/