Meaning of kaishao | Babel Free

Definitions

matchmaking; a romantic arrangement to set up a date between two people

Philippines

Examples

“"Should I be the one to bring up what happened in church? Should I even mention it? If I act like it wasn't a big deal, maybe Pa will tell Auntie Queenie that kaishaos don't work on me. But what if my silence signals to them that I was totally fine with it?”

“Her mother has already met two ladies specializing in the "介紹 kaishao business." They brought her custom bounded books with peoples' information on them.”

“Our guest was a boy named Gary Cheng, and he met Achi through a kai-shao arranged by father and Gary's father. "Kai-shao" wasn't listed in the dictionary, but mother explained that it was like a blind date. I thought that meant Gary was blind, but mother said it meant that the people going on the date had never met each other before, because it was arranged by mutual friends or family instead.”

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