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Chinese symbol for “media”

传媒
chuán méi
Traditional: 傳媒
the media; mass media; (epidemiology) medium or route of transmission (of a disease)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for media is 传媒 (chuán méi), defined as: the media; mass media; (epidemiology) medium or route of transmission (of a disease).

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

传 chuán
to pass on; to propagate; to transmit; summons
radical 9 ⼈ · 6 strokes
媒 méi
go-between, matchmaker; medium
radical 38 ⼥ · 12 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “media”

WordPinyinMeaning
舆论界 (輿論界)yú lùn jièmedia; commentators
媒介méi jièintermediary; vehicle
介质 (介質)jiè zhìmedium; media
新闻界 (新聞界)xīn wén jièthe press; the media
言论机关 (言論機關)yán lùn jī guānthe press; the media

Related words

Other words that share a character with 传媒.

WordPinyinMeaning
传统 (傳統)chuán tǒngtradition; traditional
宣传 (宣傳)xuān chuánto disseminate; to give publicity to
传播 (傳播)chuán bōto disseminate; to propagate; to spread
传说 (傳說)chuán shuōlegend; folk tale; to repeat from mouth to mouth; they say that...
上传 (上傳)shàng chuánto upload
传递 (傳遞)chuán dìto transmit; to pass on to sb else; (math.) transitive
媒体 (媒體)méi tǐmedia, esp. news media
媒介méi jièintermediary; vehicle

See also: Japanese symbol for “media”.

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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