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卫视

wèi shì

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 衛視

卫视 (wèi shì) means "satellite TV (abbr. for 卫星电视)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 卫视 means

1. satellite TV (abbr. for {卫星电视|wèi xīng diàn shì})

The characters in 卫视

• 卫wèito guard; to protect; to defend
• 视shì(literary, or bound form) to look at

Sounds the same

Read wèi shì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 卫士guardian; defender
• 尉氏see 尉氏县

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