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媒体

méi tǐ · mei ti

Traditional 媒體

HSK 3Old HSK 6

Meaning

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  1. media, esp. news media
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0:18 cartoon

A famous old shop

  1. Liangliang

    前面(qiánmiàn)好多(hǎoduō)人(rén)，是(shì)媒体(méitǐ)吗(ma)？

    So many people ahead. Is it the media?

  2. Dengdeng

    是的(shìde)，媒体(méitǐ)在(zài)拍(pāi)一家(yījiā)老店(lǎodiàn)。

    Yes, the media are filming an old shop.

  3. Liangliang

    这家(zhèjiā)小店(xiǎodiàn)这么(zhème)有名(yǒumíng)？

    This small shop is so famous?

  4. Dengdeng

    不是(bùshì)，老板(lǎobǎn)今天(jīntiān)过(guò)八十(bāshí)岁(suì)生日(shēngrì)。

    No, the owner is celebrating his eightieth birthday today.

  5. Liangliang

    那(nà)我们(wǒmen)也(yě)去(qù)说(shuō)一句(yījù)生日(shēngrì)快乐(kuàilè)！

    Then let's go say happy birthday too!

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

媒(méi)体(tǐ)近(jìn)几(jǐ)个(gè)月(yuè)只(zhǐ)讨(tǎo)论(lùn)一(yí)件(jiàn)事(shì)：经(jīng)济(jì)危(wēi)机(jī)。

The media has only discussed one thing in the last few months; the economic crisis.

Tatoeba: Chinese by verdastelo9604 · English by honestlang · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

媒(méi)体(tǐ)抹(mǒ)黑(hēi)了(le)他(tā)的(de)名(míng)誉(yù)。

The media stuck a shiv into his reputation.

Tatoeba: Chinese by jan_OkulaJu · English by jan_OkulaJu · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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媒
méi

medium; intermediary

体
tǐ

body; form

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