mối lái
Pronunciation
Northern
/moj˧˥ laːj˧˥/
Central
/mo̰j˩˧ la̰ːj˩˧/
Southern
/moj˧˥ laːj˧˥/
matchmaking
Verb
matchmaking
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2 Components
Meaning
1 senses
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Meaning
1 senses
Sense 1
Verb
matchmaking
To act as a middleman or intermediary in order to arrange marriages or establish romantic relationships between people.
vi Bà ấy thường mối lái cho các cặp đôi trong làng.
en She often acts as a matchmaker for couples in the village.
Parts
mối / lái / 䋦俚
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Parts
mối / lái / 䋦俚
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
䋦俚
Candidates by syllable
mối
䋦（媒 / 𧋟）
lái
俚（梩）
Bold marks a representative candidate assembled from per-syllable character mappings. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. It is not necessarily a source-aligned spelling for the whole word.
Similar
mối tình / mối nguy / mối / mối hàng …
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Similar
mối tình / mối nguy / mối / mối hàng …
Use
giềng mối / đầu mối / mối quan hệ / manh mối …
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Use
giềng mối / đầu mối / mối quan hệ / manh mối …