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媒
méi
1. medium
2. intermediary
3. matchmaker
4. go-between
5. abbr. for [[媒體|媒体<méitǐ>]], media, esp. news media
Very Common • Top 3% ✏️ 12 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

媒
méi
go-between, matchmaker; medium
HSK 5 12 丶

Compound Words (20)

保媒
bǎoméi
to act as go-between (between prospective marriage partners etc)
做媒
zuòméi
to act as go-between (between prospective marriage partners etc)
传媒
chuánméi
media
外媒
wàiméi
foreign news media
大媒
dàméi
matchmaker
媒人
méiren
go-between
媒介
méijiè
intermediary
HSK 6
媒妁
méishuò
matchmaker
媒婆
méipó
matchmaker
媒界
méijiè
medium
媒质
méizhì
medium
媒体
méitǐ
media, esp. news media
HSK 5
日媒
Rìméi
Japanese news media
病媒
bìngméi
vector (epidemiology)
台媒
Táiméi
Taiwan media
触媒
chùméi
catalyst
说媒
shuōméi
matchmaking
谢媒
xièméi
to thank the matchmaker
韩媒
Hánméi
South Korean media
多媒体
duōméitǐ
multimedia

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
1,505
Word Frequency Rank
2,590 of 84,292

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