What is the Chinese origin of “kai shao”

Question

I’ve seen people explain the custom of relatives and friends to introduce potential future partners, and referring to it in English as “kai shao”.

What is the Chinese origin for this? The closest I can think of is 介绍 (to introduce), but the pinyin (jièshào) is pretty far off. The Cantonese pronunciation (gaai siu) is closer but still doesn’t sound right.

Answer 1

It's just 介紹.

• Following the blog post, it mentions Philippines culture.
• Looking up languages of the Philippines, we get Hokkien as a major Chinese topolect.
• Looking up 介紹 in Wiktionary, the Hokkien Romanisation is kài-siāu.

The blog post spelling it as "kai shao" is just not following a particular topolect's Romanisation, but just spelling it out by ear.

Answer 2

它是南方的方言。我认为直接用jie shao会更多人看懂。方言很少在国外使用。