HSK 6 · Media

媒介 méijiè “medium” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 媒介 means

  1. medium
  2. media
  3. intermediary
  4. vehicle
  5. vector

How to say 媒介

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale媒méi2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale介jiè4th tone, falling

媒介 in a sentence

  1. 语言是交流的媒介。

    Yǔyán shì jiāoliú de méijiè.

    Language is a medium of communication.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 网络已经成为最重要的媒介之一。

    Wǎngluò yǐjīng chéngwéi zuì zhòngyào de méijiè zhīyī.

    The internet has become one of the most important media.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 媒介 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 媒 (méi) with each of its parts in a different colour
媒méimedium
  • 女woman · nǚMeaning part
  • 某some · mǒuSound part

女 hints at the meaning (woman); 某 (mǒu) hints at the sound. Compare it with méi.

The character 介 (jiè) drawn as one shape
介jièto introduce

介 is a single shape of 4 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

How to write 媒介

媒 12 strokes · 介 4 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

媒介 (méijiè) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 媒介 (méijiè). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 媒介

Words with 媒

媒体méitǐ · media

Words with 介

介绍jièshào · to introduce中介zhōngjiè · agency

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FAQs

媒介 (méijiè) means “medium” or “media”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it méijiè: méi with a 2nd tone, then jiè with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 媒介 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type meijie with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 媒介 from the suggestions. Typing meijie into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
媒介 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.