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to pay attention to; to follow sth closely; to follow (on social media) / concern; interest; attention
HSK 3
media, esp. news media
HSK 3
to suspend / time-out (e.g. in sports) / stoppage / pause (media player)
HSK 5
media
HSK 6
to hype / to promote (in the media)
HSK 6
to track; to trace; to follow up / (HK, Tw) to follow (on social media)
HSK 7-9
plane (flat surface) / print media
HSK 7-9
ecology (the study of interactions between organisms and their environment) / ecological state (the condition or health of a natural environment) / (fig.) ecosystem (a complex network, e.g. in tech, business or media, as in 數字生態|数字生态 "digital ecosystem")
HSK 7-9
painted eggshell / Easter egg / (media) Easter egg (hidden feature in software or a movie etc) / post-credits scene
medium / media
Sohu, Chinese web portal and online media company
foreign news media
Time Warner Inc., US media company
Sina, Chinese web portal and online media company
Weibo (Chinese social media platform)
print media / (old) paper taper used to light a cigarette etc
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medium / intermediary / matchmaker / go-between / abbr. for 媒體|媒体, media, esp. news media
Fox (media company) / Focus (car manufactured by Ford)
intermediary / vehicle / vector / medium / media
common chickweed (Stellaria media)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (American media company)
media industry
the press / the media
Sing Tao, Hong Kong media group and publisher of Sing Tao Daily 星島日報|星岛日报
to burst out / to appear unexpectedly / to break (media story)
to stir-fry rapidly using a high flame / to conduct a media blitz / to manipulate a stock market through large-scale buying and selling
fast-forward (media player)
rewind (media player)
current favorite; the latest thing; darling (of the market or the media etc)
(of a lazy or incompetent teacher) to hamper students' progress / (of media) to propagate errors / to lead people astray
Lai Chee-ying, aka Jimmy Lai (1947–), Hong Kong media tycoon, prominent critic of the CCP and supporter of the pro-democracy camp 民主派
Murdoch (name) / Rupert Murdoch (1931-), media magnate
Silvio Berlusconi (1936–2023), Italian media magnate and right-wing politician, prime minister of Italy 1994–1995, 2001–2006, 2008–2011
Bertelsmann, German media company
pure love / BL, aka boys' love (genre of male homoerotic fictional media)
to hijack (an airplane, motor vehicle, social media account, discussion etc)
(neologism) (slang) to spark interest in a product or idea (esp. on social media)
Talipot palm (Corypha umbraculifera), whose leaves were used as writing media
South Korean media
to inspect videos and other media for pornographic content
news media
self-media (news or other content published on independently-operated social media accounts)
(neologism) to obsessively monitor sb's social media posts (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 視姦 "shikan", ogling; leering)
Japanese news media
(Tw) social media
to report (in the media) / (news) report
foreign news media / abbr. of 外國媒體|外国媒体
Yang Lan (1968-), Chinese media proprietor, journalist, and talk show hostess
media gossip / sensational news
Pokémon (Japanese media franchise)
streaming media
ideological and political education (abbr. for 思想政治教育) (state-directed education in China aimed at promoting Marxism, patriotism and socialist values, particularly in schools and universities – also, more broadly, ideological guidance in workplaces, media and public discourse)
inflammation of middle ear / otitis media
to follow each other on a social media platform (abbr. for 互相關注|互相关注)
social media
(slang) maiden; young lady (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 乙女 "otome", used esp. to refer to romantic media and games aimed at women)
Sohu, Chinese web portal and online media company
popular show (on TV or other media)
fast-rewind (media player)
Media (ancient Middle east region)
(coll.) to indiscriminately share news, images etc of one's child on social media; sharenting
(neologism c. 2014) celebrity with a huge, devoted fan base / celebrity with a huge following on social media
(of an employee) to clock on (or off); to punch in (or out) / (on social media) to check in to a location
IPTV (PRC media network)
blue, gold and yellow (BGY), the three methods of manipulation: information control (via media and the Internet), money (bribery etc) and sexual temptation (honey trap etc)
theory proposed in 2019 on Chinese social media, centering on the idea of China replacing the United States as the dominant nation in a new world order, drawing an analogy with the Manchu overthrow of the Ming dynasty, achieved after the Qing army entered China via the Shanhai Pass 入關|入关
Media Access Control / MAC
to like; to upvote (on social media)
the international media
to unfollow (on social media etc) (abbr. for 取消關注|取消关注)
freedom of the media
official media / state media / (abbr. for 官方媒體|官方媒体)
special report (in the media)
media / commentators
China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau (media term used esp. since 1997)
(coll.) (of a couple) to display affection in public or by posting photos on social media
Shanghai Media Group
photogenic / to appear on film or in the media
(slang) social media post whose purpose is to humblebrag
to scroll on one's smartphone; to check one's smartphone (for updates on social media etc) / to swipe one's smartphone (as a substitute for a payment card etc)
tape player / video player / (media) player / play-only device
to give sb a thumbs-up (on social media)
to manipulate the comments section on social media
Sina, Chinese web portal and online media company
the press / the media
(Tw) (media) writing an article or creating a video favorable to a business in return for payment from the business (abbr. for 業務配合|业务配合)
Taiwan media
IPTV (PRC media network)
(literary) to appear in (newspapers, the media, a book etc)
the press / the media
(social media) to post; a post
to eject (media player)


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