What's the difference between 载体and 媒介？

The difference between "载体" and "媒介" in Chinese is equivalent to the difference between "Carrier" and "Medium" in English. ChineseLanguageStackExchangeisaquestionandanswersiteforstudents,teachers,andlinguistswantingtodiscussthefinerpointsoftheChineselanguage.Itonlytakesaminutetosignup. Signuptojointhiscommunity Anybodycanaskaquestion Anybodycananswer Thebestanswersarevotedupandrisetothetop Home Public Questions Tags Users Unanswered Teams StackOverflowforTeams –Startcollaboratingandsharingorganizationalknowledge. CreateafreeTeam WhyTeams? Teams CreatefreeTeam Teams Q&Aforwork Connectandshareknowledgewithinasinglelocationthatisstructuredandeasytosearch. LearnmoreaboutTeams What'sthedifferencebetween载体and媒介？ AskQuestion Asked 7years,5monthsago Modified 7years,1monthago Viewed 2ktimes 2 Theybothmeanmedium,sotheyareprobablythesame.Arethey? difference Share Improvethisquestion Follow askedApr7,2015at12:07 PhotonsPhotons 47533silverbadges77bronzebadges Addacomment  |  7Answers 7 Sortedby: Resettodefault Highestscore(default) Datemodified(newestfirst) Datecreated(oldestfirst) 1 Thedifferencebetween"载体"and"媒介"inChineseisequivalenttothedifferencebetween"Carrier"and"Medium"inEnglish.So,youprettymuchcanfigurethisoutimmediatelyafterItoldyouthat,ifyourEnglishiswellenough. Share Improvethisanswer Follow answeredJun11,2015at5:14 AlbertAlbert 24611silverbadge33bronzebadges 1 "conduit"or"transmissionvector"(inmedicalcontexts)alsoworkfor媒介butnotfor载体,whichissimply"carrier" – MasterSparkles Jul11,2015at11:44 Addacomment  |  0 Usuallytheyarethesamething.FYI，if载体carrierissomething,Media媒介iseverything. wholemeaningonmedia:http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/media.html carrier,mostlymeanspracticalchannellikeradio,newspaper,internet,etc. Sointhispointthemeaningarethesame,meansofcommunication,asradioandtelevision,newspapers,andmagazines,thatreachorinfluencepeoplewidely Share Improvethisanswer Follow answeredApr7,2015at13:04 april2013april2013 4133bronzebadges 1 Ithink載體isatranslationofcarrier.Itiswordfromforeignlanguage. – Lai May9,2015at8:45 Addacomment  |  0 Theyhavedifferentmeaningsbutinpracticaltheyareusedinterchangeableespeciallyaboutmassmedia. 載體,fromitssense,itisholderandcontainer. 媒介,itisanagentthatallowstwoormorepartiesinteract. Share Improvethisanswer Follow answeredApr8,2015at7:11 OmniBusOmniBus 2,01488silverbadges1818bronzebadges Addacomment  |  0 Ithink媒介referstotheenvironment.SayAandBarebothintheair/space/water/etc,heretheair/space/water/etcis媒介. IfAgivesBsomethingthroughC,thenCis载体. Share Improvethisanswer Follow answeredApr17,2015at2:36 FortCppFortCpp 1,22566silverbadges66bronzebadges Addacomment  |  0 justlikeEnglish,Chineselanguage'swordsandexpressionsareusedincircumstancesandmaylinktodifferentaspectsasthecontextchanges. 载体ismorerelatedtocarrier,bearingsomethingonit,holderofsomething,while媒介ismorerelatedtomedium,pipe,conductingsomething,ortheintermediateinterfacebetweenthings. 载体:[usedmoreincircumstancesrelatedtomaterialorthingsorphysicalconstructs.moreasacarrier] 媒介:[usedmoreincircumstancesrelatedtohuman,social,media,andinterpersonalrelationships.moreasaninterface] Share Improvethisanswer Follow answeredMay18,2015at7:39 alex00zoealex00zoe 4122bronzebadges Addacomment  |  0 Veryinteresting!Bothsemanticsandsyntaxmixedupinhere. 載體isanoun.Itisthethingwhichmovesatob;definitelyanewsoundingword,yetIfoundoneexamplefrom1965! Inbiology,suchasvirologyorgenetictechnology,載體isa"vector",sowehavewordslike病毒載體viralvector,forwhichthereisaChinesewikipediaarticle.Itisalsousedintransportation,andtheexamplefrom1965referstoarocket"carrier"forasatellitewhereastagefailedtoseparate.Itisatermofart,andthisalreadymakesitverydifferentfrom媒介. Butthereareimportantdifferencesinmeaningaswell.Hereisanexamplewhere媒介worksand載體doesn't: 沒有第三國為媒介，日本政府仍舊能夠以其他方法將上述態度通知俄國... Evenwithoutathirdcountryasanintermediary,JapancanstillstillexpressitsviewstoRussiabyothermeans. Nothingisbeingcarried,so載體doesn'twork.Here媒介meanstoactasintermediary,notasacarrier.Hereisanotherexample: 人與神交往，就以血作為媒介 Whenmenandgodsinteract,theydosothroughthemediumofblood. Thisistalkingabouttheuseofsacrificialbloodtocommunicatewithgods.Thereisno"intermediary"here,but'blood'isclearlyanintermediatemechanismormeansforthecommunication."medium"fitshere,but載體doesn't. Unlike載體,媒介canalsobeaverb.Hereisanexamplethattooksometimetofind: 蜜峰因採蜜而媒介了花粉，動機還不是由於自私. Honeybeesconveypollenthroughcollectinghoney(?)andtheirmotiveisbynomeansselfish. 載體isimpossiblehere.Perhapswecouldtranslatethisas"convey"?Itcanalsobeusedformoreabstractideas: 資訊網最新的網路交易市場功能，更為國內廠商媒介了三萬多個商機 Theinformationnetwork'slatestonlineexchangemarketfunctionshasalsointroducedover30,000businessopportunitiesfordomesticmanufacturers. Here"媒介"isreallyclosetoitsoriginal"matchmaker"sense.Anyway,aninterestingcontrast.Goodquestion. Share Improvethisanswer Follow editedJul11,2015at9:17 answeredJul11,2015at8:58 wptwpt 4,3151313silverbadges2424bronzebadges Addacomment  |  -1 这可能有习惯用语的成分在里面，通常： 声音以空气为媒介传递，而较少说声音以空气为载体。

通灵师（从事迷信活动并获得报酬的人）的肉体可以作为现世（thealiveworld)与彼岸（thedeadworld)联系的媒介，而较少说通灵师的肉体是某载体。

信息传输以电磁波或光波为载体，而较少说信息传输以电磁波为媒介。

磁带作为信息的载体，而较少说磁带作为信息的媒介。

蜜蜂充当了花粉授粉的媒介，而较少说蜜蜂充当了授粉的载体。

可以认为，载体是一种媒介物，因此媒介的范畴通常要宽泛一些，但考虑到一些习惯用法因此实际上并不绝对。

Share Improvethisanswer Follow answeredApr8,2015at11:17 XièJìléiXièJìléi 19955bronzebadges 2 咱能给外国人点福利吗……怎么说也是英文站点，你这回答人看不懂啊…… – user6617 Apr9,2015at16:21 Please,useEnglishforyouranswers. – Yuting May18,2015at8:11 Addacomment  |  YourAnswer ThanksforcontributingananswertoChineseLanguageStackExchange!Pleasebesuretoanswerthequestion.Providedetailsandshareyourresearch!Butavoid…Askingforhelp,clarification,orrespondingtootheranswers.Makingstatementsbasedonopinion;backthemupwithreferencesorpersonalexperience.Tolearnmore,seeourtipsonwritinggreatanswers. Draftsaved Draftdiscarded Signuporlogin SignupusingGoogle SignupusingFacebook SignupusingEmailandPassword Submit Postasaguest Name Email Required,butnevershown PostYourAnswer Discard Byclicking“PostYourAnswer”,youagreetoourtermsofservice,privacypolicyandcookiepolicy Nottheansweryou'relookingfor?Browseotherquestionstaggeddifferenceoraskyourownquestion. FeaturedonMeta GoogleAnalytics4(GA4)upgrade AnnouncingtheStackOverflowStudentAmbassadorProgram Related 7 WhennativeChineserefertoChina,what'sthedifferencebetween大陆,中国and中国大陆? 16 What'sthedifferencebetween帐户and账户? 2 Whatisthedifferencebetween俯卧撑and伏地挺身? 4 What'sthedifferencebetween差異and差別? 3 What'sthedifferencebetween恭喜發財and恭禧發財? 6 What'sthedifferencebetween记录and纪录,bothpronouncedjìlù,andbothmeaning"record"? 12 What'sthedifferencebetweenclassifiersandmeasurewords? 1 What'sthedifferencebetween遭到and遭受? 3 Differencebetween谈and讲 HotNetworkQuestions Thenumberofpolynomialsonafinitegroup Howtohandlespaceswhenincreasingletterspacingbetweencapitalletters? ReversibleList:alistthatis"reversed"inO(1)time Pullmyownelectricmeter? Ifalldemonsarebelievers,thenwhyaresomehumansatheists? Howfaristhe"inaplacenearyou"oftheitem"CloakofDisplacement"? Whyismycrontabscriptnotworking? helpwithwrappingtextinatable,andmakingasolidlineatthefarrightcorner LeetCode139(WordBreak)usingatriewithrecursion Ifaneventhasastatisticalprobabilityofonly50%,isitpossibletouseaneuralnetworktopredictitwithmorethan50%accuracy? EtiquetteforanincorrectPR CouldCongress"bribe"thePresidenttosignabillbyincludingapresidentialpayraise? WhatisthemaximumnumberofprimesthatIcanpackina30KBtextfile? ShouldIcitethepaperfromwhichIgottheresearchquestioninmyownpaper? FindthenthMersennePrime \chemdeltanotworkswithctexinLaTeX What'sthedifferencebetweenthesethreeversionsofTSQLsnippet? Shortstoryaboutdiscoveringthatgeometryisinconsistent Ifpeopleinmedievaltimeshadaccesstotitanium,woulditbeusedoversteel? Whyafter1.d4Nf6,2.c4issocommonbutafter1.c4Nf6,2.d4issorare? Identification:StarTrekVoyager-realcivilizationtreatedlikeAgeofEmpires(i.e.areal-timestrategygame) Isthereaphraseorexpressionthatmeans"ridingahorsewithanotherperson"? HowtotakescreenshotsonmacOS inkscapearrowtipcolordisappearedinbrowser morehotquestions Questionfeed SubscribetoRSS Questionfeed TosubscribetothisRSSfeed,copyandpastethisURLintoyourRSSreader. Yourprivacy Byclicking“Acceptallcookies”,youagreeStackExchangecanstorecookiesonyourdeviceanddiscloseinformationinaccordancewithourCookiePolicy. Acceptallcookies Customizesettings