zou6 mui4做媒
Jyutpingzou6 mui4
Yalejouh mùih
Definition
To act as a matchmaker, or to act as a shill or plant to deceive others.
- to act as a matchmaker
- to act as a shill, decoy, or plant to deceive others
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How it's used
Beyond the traditional sense of matchmaking, this term is frequently used in modern contexts to describe someone planted in a crowd to create a false sense of enthusiasm or to manipulate a situation. It implies a deceptive performance where the person pretends to be an ordinary participant or customer to influence others' decisions. You will often hear it in discussions about suspicious online reviews or staged events.
Examples
They were actually working together as shills to trick everyone.
Did you hire people to act as shills?
Related words
Common phrases
to hire shills
to act as a shill to deceive people
Common mistake
Do not confuse this with 介紹人, which is a neutral term for a referrer or introducer. Using 做媒 carries a strong negative connotation of dishonesty and collusion.
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
