| 媒 |  méi | medium / intermediary / matchmaker / go-between / abbr. for 媒體|媒体[mei2 ti3], media, esp. news media |   |
| 中人 | zhōng rén | go-between / mediator / intermediary | |
| 牵头 | qiān tóu | to lead (an animal by the head) / to take the lead / to coordinate (a combined operation) / to mediate / a go-between (e.g. marriage broker) | |
| 媒人 | méi ren | go-between / matchmaker | |
| 月老 | yuè lǎo | matchmaker / go-between / same as 月下老人[yue4 xia4 lao3 ren2] | |
| 说客 | shuì kè | (old) itinerant political adviser / (fig.) lobbyist / go-between / mouthpiece / also pr. [shuo1 ke4] | |
| 媒妁 | méi shuò | (literary) (marital) matchmaker / go-between | |
| 牵线人 | qiān xiàn rén | sb who pulls strings to get things done / wirepuller / go-between / matchmaker | |
| 调停者 | tiáo tíng zhě | mediator / intermediary / go-between | |
| 月下老人 | yuè xià lǎo rén | minor divinity concerned with marriage / matchmaker / go-between | |
| 做媒 | zuò méi | to act as go-between (between prospective marriage partners etc) | |
| 捏估 | niē gu | to act as a go-between | |
| 保媒 | bǎo méi | to act as go-between (between prospective marriage partners etc) | |
| 央中 | yāng zhōng | to ask for mediation / to request sb to act as a go-between | |
| 穿针引线 | chuān zhēn yǐn xiàn | lit. to thread a needle (idiom) / fig. to act as a go-between | |
| 引线穿针 | yǐn xiàn chuān zhēn | to thread a needle / (fig.) to act as a go-between | |
