社交媒体

社交媒體

shèjiāo méitǐ

noun

Meanings

1 social media

Characters

Examples

HSK 7-9

现在很多年轻人通过社交媒体了解新闻。

Xiànzài hěnduō niánqīngrén tōngguò shèjiāo méitǐ liǎojiě xīnwén.

Many young people get the news through social media these days.

HSK 7-9

她的工作主要是管理公司的社交媒体账号。

Tā de gōngzuò zhǔyào shì guǎnlǐ gōngsī de shèjiāo méitǐ zhànghào.

Her job is mainly managing the company's social media accounts.

Tips

culture

In Mainland China this almost always means domestic platforms - 微信 (WeChat), 微博 (Weibo), 小红书 (Xiaohongshu/RED), 抖音 (Douyin), 快手 (Kuaishou), B站 (Bilibili). Western platforms (Twitter/X, Facebook, Instagram) are blocked, so 社交媒体 in everyday Chinese conversation almost never refers to them.

usage

More formal/journalistic than 社交平台 ('social platform'), which sounds more product-spec. News articles and corporate copy prefer 社交媒体.

Stroke Order

社 shè

交 jiāo

媒 méi

体 tǐ