媒

Information about character(s)

Radical: 女
Radical Strokes: 3
Additional Strokes: 9
Total Strokes: 12

Pronunciation

Pinyin: méi, mèi
Cantonese: mui4
JapaneseKun: NAKOUDO
JapaneseOn: BAI MAI BOU
Korean: MAY
Vietnamese: mối

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: go-between, matchmaker; medium

CE-Dict: medium/intermediary/matchmaker/go-between/abbr. for 媒體|媒体[mei2 ti3], media, esp. news media

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.a medium
2.a go-between; a matchmaker

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: intermediary; matchmaker

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: intermediary; matchmaker

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《女部》媒謀也，謀合二姓。从女某聲。

康熙字典文字版 【丑集下】【女字部】媒
【廣韻】莫杯切【集韻】【韻會】謨杯切，𠀤音枚。【說文】謀也。謀合二姓，以成昏媾也。【路史】女媧佐大昊，禱于神，祈爲女婦，正姓𡚼職昏，因是曰神媒。【詩·衞風】匪我愆期，子無良媒。【禮·曲禮】男女非有行媒，不相知名。【周禮·地官】媒氏掌萬民之判。　又凡相因而至亦曰媒。【文中子·魏相篇】聞謗而怒者，讒之囮也。見譽而喜者，佞之媒也。　又龍媒，駿馬也。【前漢·禮樂志】天馬徠龍之媒。【杜甫詩】有能市駿骨，莫恨少龍媒。　又齊人名麴餠曰媒。【前漢·可馬遷傳】媒孽其短。【孟康曰】媒，酒酵也。孽，麴也。謂釀成其罪也。　又【集韻】【正韻】𠀤莫佩切，音妹。媒媒，卽昧昧也。【莊子·知北遊】媒媒晦晦，無心而不可與謀。　又【集韻】彌登切，音瞢。義同。　又莫貝切，音昧。貪也。　又叶市朱切，音殊。【焦氏·易林】塗行破車，醜女無媒。莫適爲偶，孤困獨居。　又叶莫浮切，音謀。【𨻰琳·止欲賦】惟今夕之何夕兮，我獨無此良媒。雲漢倬以昭回兮，天水混而光流。

CF-Dict: intermédiaire/entremetteur

Han-De-Dict: durchschnittlich, mittel... (u.E.)/Heiratsvermittler, Ehestifter (u.E.) (S)/Vermittler (u.E.)