媒妁之言 méishuòzhīyán matchmaker's services Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 媒妁 méishuò matchmaker (literary) a marriage matchmaker or go-between之 zhī particle [possessive] Connects a describing word or phrase to the noun it describes, similar to 的 de but used in formal or literary writing.言 yán noun speech words; talk; what is said