| to speak; to say; persuade (politically) | medium; intermediary; matchmaker medium; intermediary; matchmaker; go-between | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad.(說媒/説媒) | 說/説 | 媒 | |
| simp.(说媒) | 说 | 媒 | |
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說媒
說媒
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Wanrong | 說媒 | |
| Xi'an | 說媒 | |
| Xining | 說媒,當媒人 | |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 說媒,提親 |
| Ürümqi | 做媒,說親 | |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 做媒,做紅,說媒,說親,說對象,介紹對象 |
| Wuhan | 做媒 | |
| Guiyang | 說媒,說親 | |
| Liuzhou | 做媒 | |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 做媒,說親,說媒 |
| Yangzhou | 說親,做媒 | |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 做媒人,撥大葵扇 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 話媒 |
| Lichuan | 話媒,做媒 | |
| Pingxiang | 話媒 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 做媒 |
| Yudu | 做媒,話親事,講親事 | |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 做媒 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 做媒,說媒 |
| Xinzhou | 說媒 | |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 做媒人 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 講親,做媒儂 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 做媒儂 |
| Quanzhou | 做媒儂 | |
| Zhangzhou | 做媒儂 | |
| Manila(Hokkien) | 做媒儂 | |
| Leizhou | 做媒儂,講媒儂 | |
| Haikou | 講親,講親家 | |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning(Tingzi) | 做媒 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 說媒,做媒人 |
| Suzhou | 做媒人 | |
| Danyang | 做媒人,做介紹 | |
| Hangzhou | 做媒 | |
| Ningbo | 做媒 | |
| Wenzhou | 做媒 | |
| Jinhua | 做媒 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 做媒,做介紹 |
| Loudi | 做媒 | |