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hmlaang^† [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

match maker

媒人

hmlanglea [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

money to appreciate the match maker

送媒人的禮金; 媒人禮

hmlangpøo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

a match maker; professional female match maker (sometimes used with a slightly derogatory connotation)

媒人婆; 媒婆

moailaang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

matchmaker

媒人

moelaang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

marriage broker; matchmaker; go-between

媒人

muilaang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

marriage broker; matchmaker; go-between

媒人

DFT (8)

🗣 hmlaang/moelaang 🗣 (u: moee/hmm'laang) 媒人 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

婚姻介紹人 。

🗣 Moelaang pør jip paang, bøo pør cidsielaang./Hmlaang pør jip paang, bøo pør cidsielaang. 🗣 (u: Moee/Hmm'laang pør jip paang, bøo pør cit'six'laang.) 媒人保入房，無保一世人。 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

媒人只保證雙方完婚入洞房 ， 不能負責婚後雙方一輩子平順 。 說明他人的幫助或保證都是有限度的 ， 凡事還是得靠自己努力 。

🗣 moelaang-kofng/hmlaang-kofng 🗣 (u: moee/hmm'laang-kofng) 媒人公 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

專指男性的媒人 。

🗣 moelaang-lea/hmlaang-lea 🗣 (u: moee/hmm'laang-lea) 媒人禮 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

結婚的新人送給媒人的謝禮或是金錢 。

🗣 moelaang-pøo/hmlaang-pøo 🗣 (u: moee/hmm'laang-pøo) 媒人婆 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

媒婆 。 替人作媒的婦女 。

🗣 moelaang-zhuix/hmlaang-zhuix 🗣 (u: moee/hmm'laang-zhuix) 媒人喙 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

從媒人口中說出來的話 。 媒人為了撮合男女雙方的婚姻 ， 往往會刻意把彼此的優缺點加以誇張或隱瞞 ， 後來的人形容某人說話不老實 ， 就用 「 媒人喙 」 來做比喻 。

🗣 Svaf laang kang go bak, jidau bøo tngtefkha'oe. 🗣 (u: Svaf laang kang go bak, jit'au bøo tngg'tea'khaf'oe.) 三人共五目，日後無長短跤話。 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

三個人總共五隻眼睛 ， 以後不能再說長道短 。 原故事為媒人婆替兩腳一長一短的青年 ， 與瞎了一隻眼的女子相親 ， 媒人為促成婚事 ， 故意隱藏雙方的缺陷 ， 在結婚前以雙關語說在場三人總共五隻眼睛 ， 決定的事情日後便不得再說長就短 。 比喻共同商議後所做的決定 ， 事後不得反悔 。

🗣 Ze ho cviax, tid laang thviax. 🗣 (u: Ze ho cviax, tid laang thviax.) 坐予正，得人疼。 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

坐姿端正 ， 才會惹人疼愛 。 本為嫁娶儀式時 ， 媒人 、 長輩常會說的吉祥話 。 引申為勸誡人要端正儀容姿態 ， 才能讓人留下好印象 。

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Taiwanese Dictionaries – Sources

• HTB: "Hiexntai-buun" Dictionary (in Taiwanese Hokkien, English and Chinese). Modern Taiwanese Language Association. Syllable segmentation in progress.

• DFT: 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Taiwanese Hokkien and Chinese). Ministry of Education, R.O.C. 2011. (CC BY-ND 3.0 臺灣) (data from MoeDict Desktop For MacOSX / Linux / Windows. 2015. see MoeDict and Taioaan Wiki). We have annotated over 5800 definitions in English for monosyllables (enter any monosyllable to get into monosyllable mode)

• MK: Taiwanese—English Dictionary (in Taiwanese Hokkien, English and Chinese). Maryknoll Language Service Center, Taichung, Taiwan. 2001 [1976]. (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 TW)

• TC/TH: Iûⁿ Ún-giân. 台語文/中文辭典 Taiwanese — Chinese Dictionary & 台文/華文線頂辭典 [Taihoa Online Dictionary] (in Taiwanese Hokkien and Chinese).

• EDUTECH: Liim Keahioong (2001-2003). EDUTECH: Taiwanese—English Dictionary Searched with Concise Atonal Spelling. Edited and cross-referenced to EDUTECH General Taiwanese Words (正確台語拼字辭和漢字辭), Embree (1973), Maryknoll (2001), and other dictionaries.

• Embree: Embree, Bernard L. M. (1973). A Dictionary of Southern Min: based on current usage in Taiwan and checked against the earlier works of Carstairs Douglas, Thomas Barclay, and Ernest Tipson. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Language Institute. (OCLC 2491446. Data from GitHub - ChhoeTaigiDatabase. See NY Times article)

• Lim19: 台語辭典(台日大辭典台語譯本)查詢 [Taiwanese Dictionary (translation of Tai—Nichi Dai Jiten) search] (in Taiwanese Hokkien). Sìn Bōng Ài [Faith Hope Love]. 2019. (Lim08 data: GitHub - Lim-Chun-iok_2008_Tai-jip-Tua-su-tian)

• TDJ: Ogawa Naoyoshi, ed. (1931, 1932). 臺日大辭典 Tai—Nichi Dai Jiten [Taiwanese—Japanese Dictionary] (in Taiwanese Hokkien and Japanese). Volume 1 & Volume 2. Taihoku: Governor-General of Taiwan.