How to Write "Mass Media" in Chinese Symbols

Series Summary

China is by far one of the oldest nations on the face of the Earth. They’ve had a long and illustrious history, with famous dynasties, kingdoms and empires, spanning eons of time. Today, China boasts the largest national population on the planet, with over 1.3 billion inhabitants—and it is currently ranked the fourth largest country in terms of total land area. Naturally then, a country so large is bound to have branches that extend throughout the lineage of mankind, from East to West.

The Chinese also have one of the oldest forms of writing, known as calligraphy. This system comprises a complex series of lines, dots and characters that make up the Chinese alphabet. This pictographic language also employs compound character forms that signify entire words, phrases, and concepts.

In these free Chinese language lessons, expert Xi Chen will show you how to write and pronounce words for mass media and news-related terms. She walks you through the formation of each character and explains each aspect in the process. With a goldmine of etymological background and important detail for each part of the symbols described in these lessons, these videos are an invaluable resource for the serious Chinese language student!

Video Transcript

"This is part two of our words of mass media and communication. Now let?s look at what is the Chinese word for mass media, da dong chuan mei. Da dong is the word for mass, and also da dong in Chinese it means public. Chuan mei here it's for media, so da dong chuan mei, mass media. Chuan this independent character it means many people, because you can see that this word is made up of three, made of three of the same structure, like this, this is juan. Juan in Chinese means people, so three juan in one character thats many people, juan. Chuan mei ok, many people here, three then, da dong chuan mei mass media."