媒 (méi): medium, intermediary, matchmaker
媒 (méi) is a Chinese character meaning “medium.” Classified as HSK Level 5 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 女 (semantic) and 某 (phonetic). It ranks #1496 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 媒 woman. Its radical form 女 (woman) appears in many related characters such as 女 (nǚ, woman), 奶 (nǎi, grandmother, milk), 她 (tā, she).
Definitions
- medium
- intermediary
- matchmaker
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 媒
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 传媒 | chuán méi | media |
| 媒介 | méi jiè | intermediary |
| 媒人 | méi ren | go-between |
| 做媒 | zuò méi | to act as go-between (between prospective marriage partners etc) |
| 媒婆 | méi pó | matchmaker |
| 说媒 | shuō méi | to act as a matchmaker |
| 媒质 | méi zhì | medium |
| 触媒 | chù méi | catalyst |
| 中国传媒大学 | zhōng guó chuán méi dà xué | Communication University of China (CUC), the highest institute of radio, film and television education in China |
| 维基媒体基金会 | wéi jī méi tǐ jī jīn huì | Wikimedia Foundation |
| 媒体自由 | méi tǐ zì yóu | freedom of the media |
| 上海文广新闻传媒集团 | shàng hǎi wén guǎng xīn wén chuán méi jí tuán | Shanghai Media Group |
| 国际媒体 | guó jì méi tǐ | the international media |
| 自媒体 | zì méi tǐ | self-media (news or other content published on independently-operated social media accounts) |
| 社交媒体 | shè jiāo méi tǐ | social media |
媒 appears in 52 compound words: 23 as the first character, 37 as the last, and 40 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 媒 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Example Sentences
媒娲补天的故事在中国流传了几千年。
méi 娲 bǔ tiān de gù shì zài zhōng guó liú chuán le jī qiān nián .
The story of Nuwa patching the sky has been passed down for thousands of years in China.
日媒民调:选民投票最重视候选人“是否支持高市...
rì méi mín diào : xuǎn mín tóu piào zuì chóng shì hòu xuǎn rén shì fǒu zhī chí gāo shì . . .
Japanese media poll: Voters vote the most important thing about candidates "whether to support Gao City...
伊朗局势|伊媒:一旦开战特朗普家族在中东项目将成攻击目...
yī lǎng jú shì yī méi : yī dàn kāi zhàn tè lǎng pǔ jiā zú zài zhōng dōng xiàng mù jiāng chéng gōng jī mù . . .
Iranian media: Once the war starts, the Trump family's project in the Middle East will become an attack target...
日媒民调:选民最重视候选人是否支持高市
rì méi mín diào : xuǎn mín zuì chóng shì hòu xuǎn rén shì fǒu zhī chí gāo shì
Japanese media poll: Voters pay the most attention to whether the candidate supports Gao Shi
...本民众票选“CP值最高商务饭店”是它!日媒:给人一种安心感
. . . běn mín zhòng piào xuǎn C P zhí zuì gāo shāng wù fàn diàn shì tā ! rì méi : gěi rén yī zhǒng ān xīn gǎn
... This people's vote is the "business hotel with the highest CP value"! Japanese media: It gives people a sense of security
外媒:春节全球影响力持续扩大
wài méi : chūn jié quán qiú yǐng xiǎng lì chí xù kuò dà
Foreign media: The global influence of the Spring Festival continues to expand
媒体近几个月只讨论一件事:经济危机。
Méitǐ jìn jǐ gè yuè zhǐ tǎolùn yī jiàn shì: jīngjìwēijī.
The media has only discussed one thing in the last few months; the economic crisis.
如需媒体联络,请与当地客服中心或行销团队联系。
Rú xū méitǐ liánluò, qǐng yǔ dāngdì kèfú zhōngxīn huò xíngxiāo tuánduì liánxì.
For media inquiries, please contact your local communications or marketing representative.
关于这个问题,我觉得垃圾媒体只报道了很片面的信息。
Guānyú zhège wèntí, wǒ juéde lājī méitǐ zhǐ bàodào le hěn piànmiàn de xìnxī.
Concerning this issue, I feel that the trash media only report biased information.
你们国家媒体中输入的「反觉醒」宣传,是直接来自真正的法西斯的。
Nǐmen guójiā méitǐ zhōng shūrù de 「 fǎn juéxǐng 」 xuānchuán, shì zhíjiē láizì zhēnzhèng de fǎxīsī de.
The "anti-woke" propaganda being imported into your country's media comes straight from actual fascists.
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