"媒妁" meaning in Chinese

See 媒妁 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /meɪ̯³⁵ ʂu̯ɔ⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /muːi̯²¹ t͡sœːk̚³/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA]
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 媒妁
  1. (literary) bride's matchmaker Tags: literary
    Sense id: en-媒妁-zh-noun-u-e9r1-5 Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50
  2. (literary) a go-between for the bride and groom Tags: literary
    Sense id: en-媒妁-zh-noun-KcR1B~tQ Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 28 72 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 媒妁之言, 父母之命,媒妁之言
Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0 Synonyms: 伐柯人 (fákērén) [literary], 保山 (bǎoshān) [literary], 冰人 (bīngrén) [literary], 媒人 (méirén), 媒人婆 (méirénpó) [feminine], 媒姨 (bhuê5 i5) [Teochew, feminine], 媒婆 (méipó) [feminine], 月下老人 (Yuèxià Lǎorén), 月老 (yuèlǎo), 紅娘 (hóngniáng) [feminine], 红娘 (hóngniáng) [feminine]
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