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match [matches] (device to make fire) noun [UK: mætʃ] [US: ˈmætʃ] | 火柴 /huǒchái/noun |
match [matches] (sporting event) noun [UK: mætʃ] [US: ˈmætʃ] | 比賽noun 比赛 /bǐsài/noun |
match fixing (the act of losing, or playing to a pre-determined result) noun | 假球 /jiǎqiú/noun 造馬noun 造马 /zàomǎ/noun |
match point (state in a game) noun | 賽點noun 赛点 /sàidiǎn/noun |
matcha (powdered green tea for ceremonies) noun | 抹茶 /mǒchá/noun |
matchbox [matchboxes] (small cardboard box in which matches are kept) noun [UK: ˈmætʃ.bɒks] [US: ˈmæʧ.ˌbɑːks] | 火柴盒 /huǒcháihé/noun |
matchmake (to do matchmaking: to set up a date between two people or to arrange a marriage) verb | 保媒 /bǎoméi/verb 做媒 /zuòméi/verb |
matchmaker [matchmakers] (someone who finds suitable marriage partners) noun [UK: ˈmæt.ʃmeɪkə(r)] [US: ˈmæʧ.ˌmekər] | 伐柯人 /:fákērén/noun 媒人 /méirén/noun 媒妁 /méishuò/noun 媒婆 /méipó/noun |
matchmaking (attempt to make two people romantically interested in each other) noun [UK: ˈmæt.ʃmeɪk.ə(r)ɪŋ] [US: ˈmæʧ.ˌmekɪŋ] | 做媒 /zuòméi/noun |
matchstick [matchsticks] (piece of wood) noun [UK: ˈmætʃ.stɪk] [US: ˈmætʃ.stɪk] | 火柴 /huǒchái/noun |
well-matched [better-matched, best-matched] (of comparable strength or power) adjective [UK: wel mætʃt] [US: ˈwel ˈmætʃt] | 伦比 /lúnbǐ/adjective 倫比adjective 匹敌 /pǐdí/adjective 匹敵adjective |
well-matched [better-matched, best-matched] (suitable to be in a relationship with one another) adjective [UK: wel mætʃt] [US: ˈwel ˈmætʃt] | 配 /pèi/adjective |