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méi · go-between, matchmaker

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媒=
女nǚwoman, girl
+某mǒusome, someone
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Shape and proportion

12Total strokes

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Left-rightCharacter structure

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女Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 媒

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méiWords pronounced méi
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Example sentences

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Méi tǐ mǒ hēi le tā de míng yù.媒体抹黑了他的名誉。

The media stuck a shiv into his reputation.

Source: Tatoeba #13964093 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Guān yú zhège wèn tí, wǒ juéde lā jī méi tǐ zhī bào dào le hěn piàn miàn de xìn xī.关于这个问题，我觉得垃圾媒体只报道了很片面的信息。

Concerning this issue, I feel that the trash media only report biased information.

Source: Tatoeba #609901 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Méi tǐ jìn jī gè yuè zhī tǎo lùn yí jiàn shì: jīng jì wēi jī.媒體近幾箇月只討論一件事：經濟危機。

The media has only discussed one thing in the last few months; the economic crisis.

Source: Tatoeba #5685893 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ xiǎng yòng méi tǐ bō fàng qì tīng yīn lè, què chū xiàn le cuò wù xùn xī, bù néng bō fàng.我想用媒體播放器聽音樂，卻出現了錯誤訊息，不能播放。

When I try to listen to music with media player there's an error and I can't play the file.

Source: Tatoeba #339225 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Méi tǐ duì tā suǒ shuō de huà duàn zhāng qǔ yì bìng fā zhǎn dào wú fǎ kòng zhì de dì bù le.媒體對他所說的話斷章取義並發展到無法控制的地步了。

Just one part of what he said got picked up by the media and took on a life of its own.

Source: Tatoeba #780078 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Rú xū méi tǐ lián luò, qǐng yǔ dāng dì kè fú zhōng xīn huò xíng xiāo tuán duì lián xì.如需媒體聯絡，請與當地客服中心或行銷團隊聯繫。

For media inquiries, please contact your local communications or marketing representative.

Source: Tatoeba #13511574 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 媒 in context

  1. Say méi, then recall the core meaning: go-between, matchmaker.
  2. Write all 12 strokes while keeping the left-right balanced.
  3. Use it in 媒体 (méi tǐ), meaning “media, esp. news media”.
  4. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 媒 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.