媒 méi
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 女 — woman, girl
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
媒介
méijiè
medium; intermediary
Characters in this word
介 jiè
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 人 — man, person
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 语言不仅是交流的媒介，也是身份认同和文化记忆的载体。 Yǔyán bùjǐn shì jiāoliú de méijiè, yě shì shēnfèn rèntóng hé wénhuà jìyì de zàitǐ. Language is not only a medium of communication but also a carrier of identity and cultural memory.
- 手机成了年轻人获取新闻的主要媒介。 Shǒujī chéng le niánqīngrén huòqǔ xīnwén de zhǔyào méijiè. The phone has become young people's main medium for getting news.
- 蚊子是传播这种疾病的媒介。 Wénzi shì chuánbō zhè zhǒng jíbìng de méijiè. Mosquitoes are the vector that spreads this disease.
Related words
- 媒体 méitǐ media
- 多媒体 duōméitǐ multimedia
- 新媒体 xīnméitǐ new media
- 传媒 chuánméi media; mass media
- 介绍 jièshào to introduce
- 中介 zhōngjiè agent
- 简介 jiǎnjiè to introduce briefly; brief introduction
- 介入 jièrù to intervene; to get involved
- 介意 jièyì to mind; to object to
- 介于 jièyú to be between; to lie between
- 匿名 nìmíng to remain anonymous; to use an anonymous name
- 栏目 lánmù column; programme section