媒 (mui4 | mei2) : matchmaker; medium

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媒

mui4

mei2

[1] matchmaker; go-between
[2] medium; intermediary; vehicle

Stroke count: 12

Level: 2

Radical: 女 (#38)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

媒

This word has been viewed 5704 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 5th Jan 2011 04:58

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傳媒 cyun4 mui4 chuan2 mei2 = the press, the (mass) media

做媒 zou6 mui4; zou6 mui4*2 zuo4 mei2 = matchmaking; salesperson's decoy

媒體 mui4 tai2 mei2 ti3 = (news) media

媒介 mui4 gaai3 mei2 jie4 = intermediary; vehicle; medium

唔做中，唔做保，唔做媒人,三代好 m4 zou6 zung1, m4 zou6 bou2, m4 zou6 mui4 jan4*2 saam1 doi6 hou2 = do not be a middleman, guarantor or matchmaker then you will have a good future 粵

多媒體 do1 mui4 tai2 duo1 mei2 ti3 = multimedia

新聞媒體 san1 man4 miu4 tai2 xin1 wen2 mei2 ti3 = news media

潛在媒介 cim4 zoi6 mui4 gaai3 qian2 zai4 mei2 jie4 = potential vector

傳播媒介 cyun4 bo3 mui4 gaai3 chuan2 bo1 mei2 jie4 = the (mass) media

媒體報導 mui4 tai2 bou3 dou6 mei2 ti3 bao4 dao3 = media report; news report
See all 28 compounds (CantoDict reports 29 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 媒
Unicode code for this character: U+5a92 (off-site link)

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