Question: I’ve seen people [explain the custom](http://cheftonio.blogspot.com/2013/04/modern-kai-shao.html?m=1) 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: 
It's just 介紹.

* Following the blog post, it mentions *Philippines* culture.
* Looking up [languages of the Philippines](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_the_Philippines#Hokkien), we get *Hokkien* as a major Chinese topolect.
* Looking up [介紹 in Wiktionary](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E4%BB%8B%E7%B4%B9#Chinese), 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.
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。