传媒 (chuán méi) — media (mass communication)

Definition

Refers to mass media (TV, news, advertising) as an industry or field. Used like 媒体, but 传媒 emphasizes communication and broadcasting as a sector; 媒介 is more abstract (a medium or channel).

noun

media (mass communication)

Examples

传媒。
chuán méi Háng yè de biàn gé hěn kuài.
The transformation of the media industry is rapid.
传媒。
Zhè jiā gōng sī zhuān mén zuò chuán méi guǎng gào.
This company specializes in media advertising.
传媒。
Tā dà xué bì yè hòu yì zhí cóng shì chuán méi gōng zuò.
She has been working in media since graduating from college.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

传chuántransmit/communicate

媒méimedium

A 媒 used for 传 gives the sense of media.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 傳; 传 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

人人rénman

Sound part声符shēngfú

專

專zhuān傳chuán

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 傳 puts 人 (man) beside 專, which gives the sound; the simplified 传 is a later shorthand, and its parts are not the historical ones.

Open 传 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

女某媒

Meaning part形符xíngfú

女女nǚwoman

Sound part声符shēngfú

某

某mǒu媒méi

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

媒 combines 女, a woman, with 某, which gives it its sound.

Open 媒 →

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