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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 媒

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
媒 méi - medium
- intermediary
- matchmaker
- go-between
- abbr. for 媒體|媒体[mei2 ti3], media, esp. news media

List Ranking for: 媒

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 6,360 9,531 5,908

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

⿰ 女 某

Radical:

女

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

某

Semantic:

女

Hint:

Woman

Other Words Containing 媒

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
媒体 6 5 1,913 582 1,479
媒 - - 6,360 9,531 5,908
传媒 - 7 13,374 4,734 5,984
媒介 6 7 19,425 10,847 19,142
多媒体 - 6 24,381 6,534 15,659
媒人 - - 32,367 42,445 35,376
做媒 - - 36,986 63,620 45,003
媒婆 - - 50,694 50,549 31,472
说媒 - - 61,661 89,997 81,204
触媒 - - 75,490 56,679 68,923
媒质 - - 85,956 92,874 92,711