杀手 殺手 shā shǒu killer / murderer / hit man / (sports) formidable player syn 追踪 追蹤 zhuī zōng to track / to trace / to follow up / (HK, Tw) to follow (on social media) syn 关注 關注 guān zhù to pay attention to / to follow sth closely / to follow (on social media) / concern / interest / attention syn 媒体 媒體 méi tǐ media, esp. news media syn 出局 chū jú (of a batter) to be put out (in baseball) / to be dismissed (in cricket) / (of a player or team) to be eliminated from a competition / (fig.) to be weeded out / to get the chop (in a competitive environment) 球员 球員 qiú yuán (ball sports) player / team member 暂停 暫停 zàn tíng to suspend / time-out (e.g. in sports) / stoppage / pause (media player) syn 报导 報導 bào dǎo to report (in the media) / (news) report syn 游客 遊客 yóu kè traveler / tourist / (online gaming) guest player syn 替补 替補 tì bǔ to replace (a damaged component with a new one, an injured player with a substitute player, full-time workers with casual workers etc) / a substitute / a replacement 福克斯 fú kè sī Fox (media company) / Focus (car manufactured by Ford) 平面 píng miàn plane (flat surface) / print media syn 传媒 傳媒 chuán méi media syn 新闻界 新聞界 xīn wén jiè the press / the media 巨头 巨頭 jù tóu tycoon / magnate / big player (including company, country, school etc) / big shot syn 媒介 méi jiè intermediary / vehicle / vector / medium / media syn 爆出 bào chū to burst out / to appear unexpectedly / to break (media story) syn 炒作 chǎo zuò to hype / to promote (in the media) 麦迪 麥迪 mài dí Tracy McGrady (1979-), former NBA player 张伯伦 張伯倫 zhāng bó lún Chamberlain (name) / Wilt Chamberlain (1936-1999), US basketball player 外援 wài yuán foreign aid / external aid / (sports) foreign player / player recruited from overseas 介质 介質 jiè zhì medium / media 棋手 qí shǒu chess player syn 彩民 cǎi mín lottery player 下家 xià jiā player whose turn comes next (in a game) / next one / my humble home syn 主将 主將 zhǔ jiàng commander-in-chief (military) / star player (sports) / key figure (in an organization) syn 影碟机 影碟機 yǐng dié jī DVD player 新浪 xīn làng Sina, Chinese web portal and online media company 爆炒 bào chǎo to stir-fry rapidly using a high flame / to conduct a media blitz / to manipulate a stock market through large-scale buying and selling 中耳炎 zhōng ěr yán inflammation of middle ear / otitis media 琴师 琴師 qín shī player of a stringed instrument syn 相公 xiàng gong lord / master / young gentleman / male prostitute / catamite / mahjong player disqualified by unintentionally taking in the wrong number of dominoes / (old form of address for one's husband) husband syn 玩家 wán jiā player (of a game) / enthusiast (audio, model planes etc) 搜狐 sōu hú Sohu, Chinese web portal and online media company 新浪网 新浪網 xīn làng wǎng Sina, Chinese web portal and online media company 佣兵 傭兵 yōng bīng (military) mercenary / (sports) player hired from another country 流媒体 流媒體 liú méi tǐ streaming media 新宠 新寵 xīn chǒng current favorite / the latest thing / darling (of the market or the media etc) 快进 快進 kuài jìn fast-forward (media player) 换人 換人 huàn rén to replace sb (personnel, sports team player etc) / substitution 王治郅 wáng zhì zhì Wang Zhizhi (1977-), former Chinese basketball player 搜狐网 搜狐網 sōu hú wǎng Sohu, Chinese web portal and online media company 范志毅 fàn zhì yì Fan Zhiyi (1969-), soccer player 琵琶行 pí pa xíng Song of the Pipa Player, long poem by Tang poet Bai Juyi 白居易[Bai2 Ju1 yi4] 荆楚网 荊楚網 jīng chǔ wǎng IPTV (PRC media network) 海王 hǎi wáng Poseidon, Greek god of the sea / Neptune, Roman god of the sea / Aquaman, DC comic book superhero / (slang) womanizer / player 播放机 播放機 bō fàng jī player (e.g. CD player) 彩蛋 cǎi dàn painted eggshell / Easter egg / (media) Easter egg (hidden feature in software or a movie etc) / post-credits scene 种草 種草 zhòng cǎo (neologism) (slang) to spark interest in a product or idea (esp. on social media) 两岸三地 兩岸三地 liǎng àn sān dì China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau (media term used esp. since 1997) 平面媒体 平面媒體 print media 纳达尔 nà dá ěr Nadal (name) / Rafael Nadal (1986-), Spanish tennis player 打卡 dǎ kǎ (of an employee) to clock on (or off) / to punch in (or out) / (on social media) to check in to a location 摘牌 zhāi pái to delist (a traded security) / (sports) to accept a transfer-listed player from another club 小虾米 小蝦米 xiǎo xiā mi shrimp / fig. small fry / minor player 口袋妖怪 kǒu dài yāo guài Pokémon (Japanese media franchise) 郎平 láng píng Jenny Lang Ping (1960-), Chinese former volleyball player and coach 贝塔斯曼 貝塔斯曼 bèi tǎ sī màn Bertelsmann, German media company 邓亚萍 鄧亞萍 dèng yà píng Deng Yaping (1973-), table tennis player, several times world and Olympic winner 处子秀 處子秀 chǔ zǐ xiù debut (by a male performer or sports player) 加索尔 加索爾 jiā suǒ ěr Gasol (name) / Pau Gasol (1980-), former Spanish professional basketball player (NBA) / Marc Gasol (1985-), Spanish professional basketball player 头家 頭家 tóu jiā organizer of a gambling party who takes a cut of the winnings / banker (gambling) / preceding player (in a game) / (dialect) boss / proprietor 舆论界 輿論界 yú lùn jiè media / commentators 詹姆斯 zhān mǔ sī James (name) / LeBron James (1984-), NBA player 媒 méi medium / intermediary / matchmaker / go-between / abbr. for 媒體|媒体[mei2 ti3], media, esp. news media syn 电唱机 電唱機 diàn chàng jī gramophone / record player syn 罗纳尔多 羅納爾多 luó nà ěr duō Ronaldo (name) / Cristiano Ronaldo (1985-), Portuguese soccer player 花边新闻 花邊新聞 huā biān xīn wén media gossip / sensational news 种子选手 種子選手 zhǒng zi xuǎn shǒu seeded player 姚明 yáo míng Yao Ming (1980-), retired Chinese basketball player, played for CBA Shanghai Sharks 1997-2002 and for NBA Houston Rockets 2002-2011 上家 shàng jiā preceding player (in a game) 默多克 mò duō kè Murdoch (name) / Rupert Murdoch (1931-), media magnate 喧宾夺主 喧賓奪主 xuān bīn duó zhǔ lit. the voice of the guest overwhelms that of the host (idiom) / fig. a minor player upstages the main attraction / minor details obscure the main point / the sauce is better than the fish syn 误人子弟 誤人子弟 wù rén zǐ dì (of a lazy or incompetent teacher) to hamper students' progress / (of media) to propagate errors / to lead people astray 李娜 lǐ nà Li Na (1982-), Chinese tennis player, first Asian player to win a Grand Slam singles title (2011 French Open women's singles) 替补队员 替補隊員 tì bǔ duì yuán substitute player / reserve player 雪藏 xuě cáng to keep sth in cold storage / (fig.) to suspend a performer or sports player (as punishment) / to keep sb or sth out of sight until the right moment (e.g. a key player on a sports team) 倒带 倒帶 dào dài rewind (media player) 快退 kuài tuì fast-rewind (media player) 退片 tuì piàn to eject (media player) 官媒 guān méi official media / state media / (abbr. for 官方媒體|官方媒体) 自媒体 自媒體 zì méi tǐ self-media (news or other content published on independently-operated social media accounts) 竞赛者 競賽者 jìng sài zhě player 邓加 鄧加 dèng jiā Dunga (1963-), former Brazilian soccer player 郝海东 郝海東 hǎo hǎi dōng Hao Haidong (1970-), former Chinese soccer player 吉他手 jí tā shǒu guitar player 李昌镐 李昌鎬 lǐ chāng hào Lee Chang-ho (1975-), South Korean Go player 聂卫平 聶衛平 niè wèi píng Nie Weiping (1952-), professional Go player 乔红 喬紅 qiáo hóng Qiao Hong (1968-), former PRC female table tennis player 森喜朗 sēn xǐ lǎng MORI Yoshirō (1937-), Japanese rugby player and politician, prime minister 2000-2001, famous for numerous gaffes 王励勤 王勵勤 wáng lì qín Wang Liqin (1978-), former PRC table tennis player, Olympic medalist 王楠 wáng nán Wang Nan (1978-), female PRC table tennis player, Olympic medalist 吴清源 吳清源 wú qīng yuán Go Seigen (1914-2014), Go player 杨维 楊維 yáng wéi Yang Wei (1979-), PRC badminton player, women's doubles specialist 张宁 張寧 zhāng níng Zhang Ning (1975-), PRC female badminton player and Olympic gold medalist 张怡宁 張怡寧 zhāng yí níng Zhang Yining (1981-), PRC female table tennis player and Olympic gold medalist 肇俊哲 zhào jùn zhé Zhao Junzhe (1979-), Chinese football player 吹竽手 chuī yú shǒu player of the yu 竽[yu2] (free reed wind instrument) 局中人 jú zhōng rén participant / protagonist / a player (in this affair) 