媒介

Chinese

		medium; intermediary; matchmaker medium; intermediary; matchmaker; go-between	introduce; lie between; between
trad. (媒介)		媒	介
simp. #(媒介)		媒	介

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): méijiè

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˊ ㄐㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mui⁴ gaai³

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): mûi-kài / bôe-kài

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bhuê⁵ gai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: méijiè
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˊ ㄐㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: méijiè
    • Wade–Giles: mei²-chieh⁴
    • Yale: méi-jyè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meijieh
    • Palladius: мэйцзе (mɛjcze)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mui⁴ gaai³
    • Yale: mùih gaai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mui⁴ gaai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: mui⁴ gai³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /muːi̯²¹ kaːi̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mûi-kài
    • Tâi-lô: muî-kài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mui'kaix
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /muĩ²⁴⁻²² kai⁴¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /muĩ²⁴⁻²² kai²¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /muĩ²⁴⁻¹¹ kai¹¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /muĩ²³⁻³³ kai²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bôe-kài
    • Tâi-lô: buê-kài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boe'kaix
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /bue¹³⁻²² kai²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bhuê⁵ gai³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: buê kài
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /bue⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kai²¹³/

Noun

媒介

1. medium; intermediary; vehicle

   敘事媒介／叙事媒介  ―  xùshì méijiè  ―  narrative media

Derived terms

• 傳播媒介 / 传播媒介 (chuánbō méijiè)
• 大眾傳播媒介 / 大众传播媒介 (dàzhòng chuánbō méijiè)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
媒	介
ばい Grade: S	かい Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ba̠ika̠i]
• (Tokyo) ばいかい [bàíkáí] (Heiban – [0])

Noun

媒(ばい)介(かい) • (baikai) 

1. intermediary
2. carrier of disease

Verb

媒(ばい)介(かい)する • (baikai suru) suru (stem 媒(ばい)介(かい)し (baikai shi), past 媒(ばい)介(かい)した (baikai shita))

1. mediate
2. carry a disease

Conjugation

Conjugation of "媒介する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	媒介し	ばいかいし	baikai shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	媒介し	ばいかいし	baikai shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	媒介する	ばいかいする	baikai suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	媒介する	ばいかいする	baikai suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	媒介すれ	ばいかいすれ	baikai sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	媒介せよ¹ 媒介しろ²	ばいかいせよ¹ ばいかいしろ²	baikai seyo¹ baikai shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	媒介される	ばいかいされる	baikai sareru
Causative	媒介させる 媒介さす	ばいかいさせる ばいかいさす	baikai saseru baikai sasu
Potential	媒介できる	ばいかいできる	baikai dekiru
Volitional	媒介しよう	ばいかいしよう	baikai shiyō
Negative	媒介しない	ばいかいしない	baikai shinai
Negative continuative	媒介せず	ばいかいせず	baikai sezu
Formal	媒介します	ばいかいします	baikai shimasu
Perfective	媒介した	ばいかいした	baikai shita
Conjunctive	媒介して	ばいかいして	baikai shite
Hypothetical conditional	媒介すれば	ばいかいすれば	baikai sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

• “媒介”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026