"Matchmaker" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 红娘 | hóng niáng | matchmaker |   |
| 媒人 | méi ren | go-between / matchmaker | |
| 月老 | yuè lǎo | matchmaker / go-between / same as 月下老人[yue4 xia4 lao3 ren2] | |
| 媒婆 | méi pó | matchmaker | |
| 媒妁 | méi shuò | matchmaker / go-between (marital) | |
| 月下老人 | yuè xià lǎo rén | minor divinity concerned with marriage / matchmaker / go-between | |
| 媒 |  méi | medium / intermediary / matchmaker / go-between / abbr. for 媒體|媒体[mei2 ti3], media, esp. news media | |
| 妁 | shuò | (literary) matchmaker (on the bride's side) | |
| 牵线人 | qiān xiàn rén | sb who pulls strings to get things done / wirepuller / go-between / matchmaker | |
| 蹇修 | jiǎn xiū | go-between / matchmaker | |
| 大媒 | dà méi | matchmaker | |
| 撮合 | cuō he | to play matchmaker / to act as a middleman | |
| 说媒 | shuō méi | to act as a matchmaker | |
| 说亲 | shuō qīn | to act as a matchmaker | |
| 操斧伐柯 | cāo fǔ fá kē | (cf Book of Songs) How to fashion an ax handle? You need an ax / fig. to follow a principle / fig. to act as matchmaker | |
| 伐柯 | fá kē | (cf Book of Songs) How to fashion an ax handle? You need an ax / fig. to follow a principle / fig. to act as matchmaker | |
| 谢媒 | xiè méi | to thank the matchmaker | |
