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做媒

Cantonese · source Jyutpingzou6 mui4

(noun) To be an intermediary (to tie two people or groups to agree with each other)

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Source definition segments, in their original order. Characters a definition cites are shown without their Mandarin pinyin; classifier lists that CC-Canto copied from CC-CEDICT are marked Mandarin. The community dictionary is not independently verified by zimai.

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Reading & tones

zou66 · low levelmui44 · low falling

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Same syllable, six tones

zou租zou1to hire 组zou2to form 灶zou3kitchen stovezou4—zou5—造zou6to make

muimui1—mui2—mui3—梅mui4plum 每mui5妹mui6younger sister

Characters whose customary Unihan reading (kCantonese) is this syllable in each tone, chosen as in the tone atlas (2013 standard level, then the number of CC-CEDICT words they form), with CC-Canto 2017's meaning for that reading; a dash means no catalogue character has that reading. Checked syllables (-p, -t, -k) normally carry tones 1, 3 and 6. Character readings, not word readings; no frequency implied.

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Written characters

做媒

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CC-CEDICT, the Mandarin–English dictionary, lists the same written form:

做媒 zuò méi CC-CEDICT · Mandarinto act as go-between (between prospective marriage partners etc)

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: zuo4mei2. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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