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Chinese symbol for “intermediary”

媒介
méi jiè
intermediary; vehicle; vector; medium

The closest CC-CEDICT match for intermediary is 媒介 (méi jiè), defined as: intermediary; vehicle; vector; medium; media.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

媒 méi
go-between, matchmaker; medium
radical 38 ⼥ · 12 strokes
介 jiè
agent, go-between, intermediary; to introduce; shell, armor
radical 9 ⼈ · 4 strokes

Other Chinese words for “intermediary”

WordPinyinMeaning
中间人 (中間人)zhōng jiān rénintermediary; mediator
窗口chuāng kǒuwindow; opening providing restricted access (e.g. customer service window)
媒méimedium; intermediary
引线 (引線)yǐn xiànfuse (for an explosive device); electrical lead
调停者 (調停者)tiáo tíng zhěmediator; intermediary

Related words

Other words that share a character with 媒介.

WordPinyinMeaning
媒体 (媒體)méi tǐmedia, esp. news media
传媒 (傳媒)chuán méithe media; mass media; (epidemiology) medium or route of transmission (of a disease)
多媒体 (多媒體)duō méi tǐmultimedia
新闻媒体 (新聞媒體)xīn wén méi tǐnews media
外媒wài méiforeign news media (abbr. for 外国媒体 (wài guó méi tǐ))
介绍 (介紹)jiè shàoto introduce (sb to sb); to give a presentation
简介 (簡介)jiǎn jièsummary; brief introduction
介入jiè rùto intervene; to get involved

See also: Japanese symbol for “intermediary”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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