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méi

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méi Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
méi | mei2
English translation
medium
intermediary
matchmaker
go-between
abbr. for 媒體
>媒体 méitǐ [méi tǐ], media, esp. news media
go-between, matchmaker; medium

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About méi

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

méi

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

woman

Etymology of méi

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

女某

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

mǒu

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and mǒu represents the sound.

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Example sentences using méi

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zhè jiē jiāng zhǐ 讨论 tǎolùn 介质 jiè zhì 分层 fēn céng 媒质 méi zhì .

Only dielectric stratified media will be treated in this section.

汪溪: 3g de 带宽 dài kuān 增加 zēngjiā le , 多媒体 duō méi tǐ 应用 yìngyòng 增加了.

Wang Xi: the 3 g band width increased, the multimedia applications increased.

然而 ránér , Shuài 蔑视 mièshì 媒体 méitǐ ,经常 jīngcháng 时不时 shí bù shí de 假装 jiǎzhuāng 表现 biǎoxiàn chū 轻蔑 qīng miè .

Jos é however treats them with disdain and often thinly disguised contempt.

Xīn 媒体 méitǐ 可能 kěnéng jiù 媒体 méitǐ 有质 de 差别 chābié

The new media are unlikely to prove qualitatively different from the old.

媒体 méitǐ de 关注 guān zhù lòng le

The attentions of the media reduced her to tears.

Words with méi

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
媒体 méitǐ media, esp. news media媒體
méi medium méi
传媒 chuán méi media傳媒
多媒体 duō méi tǐ multimedia多媒體
媒介 méijiè vehicle媒介 méijiè
媒人 méi ren go-between媒人 méi ren
做媒 zuò méi to act as go-between (between prospective marriage partners etc)做媒 zuò méi
媒婆 méi pó matchmaker媒婆 méi pó
说媒 shuō méi to act as a matchmaker說媒
触媒 chù méi catalyst觸媒
媒质 méi zhì medium媒質
冷媒 lěng méi refrigerant冷媒 lěng méi
明媒正娶 míng méi zhèng qǔ to be officially wed明媒正娶 míng méi zhèng qǔ
大媒 dà méi matchmaker大媒 dà méi
保媒 bǎo méi to act as go-between (between prospective marriage partners etc)保媒 bǎo méi
媒妁 méi shuò matchmaker媒妁 méi shuò
谢媒 xiè méi to thank the matchmaker謝媒

méi Decomposition & Compounds

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méi Decomposition

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