媒

méi

Meanings

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méi

1.medium
2.intermediary
3.matchmaker
4.go-between
5.abbr. for 媒体[méi tǐ], media, esp. news media

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Wiktionary

1.go-between; matchmaker
2.medium; intermediary
3.to introduce; to recommend
4.plant (person placed amongst an audience) with the role of promoting sales by making fake purchases
5.yeast
6.only used in 媒媒

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *mɯː): semantic 女 (“woman”) + phonetic 某 (OC *mɯʔ).

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Stroke order

Components

媒女某

Components from cjk-decomp · MIT

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Related words

媒体 media, esp. news media 传媒 media 媒介 intermediary 媒婆 matchmaker 保媒 to act as go-between (between prospective marriage partners etc)纸媒 print media 官媒 official media 灵媒 spirit medium 媒人 go-between 台媒 Taiwan media 流媒 streaming media (abbr. for 流媒体[liú méi tǐ])日媒 Japanese news media