传媒 meaning in English
the media; mass media; (epidemiology) medium or route of transmission (of a disease)
Meaning of 传媒
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- the media; mass media
- (epidemiology) medium or route of transmission (of a disease)
How to use 传媒
传媒 is a fairly formal word for the media as an industry or field, common in news, university program names, and company names. In everyday talk, 媒体 (méitǐ) is more common for specific outlets. Example: 她在一家传媒公司工作。(Tā zài yì jiā chuánméi gōngsī gōngzuò.) She works at a media company.
传 (chuán) means to pass on or transmit, and 媒 (méi) means a go-between, like a matchmaker. 传媒 is the go-between that passes information on to the public: the media.
Common mistake: Learners sometimes read 传 as zhuàn, which is its reading in words like 传记 (zhuànjì, biography), but in 传媒 it is always chuán. Also do not confuse 媒 (méi) with 煤 (méi, coal), which has the fire radical 火 instead of the woman radical 女.
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传 chuán · to pass on · 6 strokes
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媒 méi · go-between · 12 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 传媒.
| 媒体 | méitǐ | media, esp. news media |
| 传说 | chuánshuō | legend; folk tale; to repeat from mouth to mouth; they say that... |
| 宣传 | xuānchuán | to disseminate; to give publicity to |
| 传播 | chuánbō | to disseminate; to propagate; to spread |
| 传来 | chuánlái | (of a sound) to come through; to be heard |
| 传统 | chuántǒng | tradition; traditional |
| 遗传 | yíchuán | heredity; to inherit (a trait) |
| 流传 | liúchuán | to spread; to circulate; to hand down |
| 传达 | chuándá | to pass on; to convey |
| 传递 | chuándì | to transmit; to pass on to sb else; (math.) transitive |
| 传真 | chuánzhēn | to fax; a fax |
| 传言 | chuányán | rumor; hearsay |
Questions about 传媒
What does 传媒 mean?
传媒 (chuánméi) means "the media; mass media; (epidemiology) medium or route of transmission (of a disease)" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 传媒?
传媒 is made of 2 characters: 传 (6 strokes), 媒 (12 strokes). That is 18 strokes in total.
Is 传媒 an HSK word?
Yes. 传媒 is on the HSK 6 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 传媒 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 传媒 is written 傳媒.
What is the difference between 传媒 and 媒体?
Both mean media. 媒体 (méitǐ) usually refers to media outlets themselves, as in 新闻媒体 (news media), while 传媒 often refers to the media as an industry or academic field, as in 传媒大学 (communication university).
Does 传媒 have a meaning outside of news and journalism?
Yes. In epidemiology, 传媒 can mean the medium or route through which a disease is transmitted. This sense is technical and much less common than the media sense.