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新媒体 (xīn méi tǐ) — new media (including digital media)

Definition

新媒体 refers to digital, internet-based media (social platforms, apps, online news). The 新 ('new') marks it as a modern, evolving category within the broader term 媒体 ('media').

noun
new media (including digital media)

Examples

  • 新媒体。
    xīn méi tǐ Gǎi biàn le rén men huò qǔ xìn xī de fāng shì.
    New media has changed the way people get information.
  • 新媒体。
    Hěn duō gōng sī dōu zài yòng xīn méi tǐ zuò guǎng gào.
    Many companies are using new media to advertise.
  • 新媒体。
    Tā duì xīn méi tǐ háng yè hěn gǎn xìng qù.
    She is very interested in the new media industry.

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.

新xīnnew
媒体media
媒méimedium体tǐbody
偏正Modifier + head

新 (new) + 媒体 (media) means newly developed 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.

假借jiǎjièLater borrowed for its sound alone — the picture has nothing to do with today’s meaning.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
斤斤jīn
Sound part声符shēngfú
辛
辛xīn新xīn
Same sound today

The shape originally paired 斤, for chopping wood, with 辛 for sound. It was borrowed for its sound to write 新, so the chopping-wood parts are unrelated to 'new'.

Open 新 →

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

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 →

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 體; 体 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
骨骨gǔbone
Sound part声符shēngfú
豊
豊lǐ體tǐ
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 體 pairs 骨 (bone) with 豊 as a sound part; this note is about 體, not about the parts of 体.

Open 体 →
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HSK 3.0 Level 6Computers & InternetMedia & News

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