媒

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matchmaker

HSK 3 N1

Human →Relations

méi

バイ

なこうど

매

Phonosemantic compound. 女 represents the meaning and 某 represents the sound.

Components

女 woman+ 某 such and such =

媒 matchmaker

女 Meaning component

nǚ woman

woman, girl

某 Phonetic component

mǒu such and such

certain thing or person

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Notes

Historical Evolution

Seal

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

媒

Regular

Modern

Chinese

媒 [méi]

medium; intermediary; matchmaker; go-between; abbr. for 媒體|媒体[méitǐ], media, esp. news media

Japanese

仲人、媒人、媒なこうど、ちゅうにん同音

noun

matchmaker (esp. なこうど)
go-between; intermediary; middleman; mediator; intercessor (esp. ちゅうにん)

仲立ち、仲立 (irreg.) 、媒なかだち同音

noun+suru verbintrans. mediation; agency; agent; mediator; middleman; go-between

Example Sentences

CHINESE WORDS (81)

媒体 [méitǐ] #1,913

media, esp. news media

媒体 [méitǐ] #1,913

media, esp. news media

传媒 [chuánméi] #13,374

media

传媒 [chuánméi] #13,374

media

多媒体 [duōméitǐ] #24,381

multimedia

多媒体 [duōméitǐ] #24,381

to act as go-between (between prospective marriage partners etc)

媒婆 [méipó] #50,694

matchmaker

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JAPANESE WORDS (75)

囮 [おとり] #8,957

live decoy (for hunting)

記録媒体 [きろくばいたい] #68,455

recording medium

紙媒体 [かみばいたい] #73,802

paper medium

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KOREAN WORDS (8)

medium; joint; connection; link