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电视

diàn shì

Old HSK 1 HSK 3.0 level 1 2-character word Traditional 電視 Measure word 台、部

电视 (diàn shì) means "television; TV". It is an HSK 3.0 level 1 word, and was HSK 1 in the old six-level list.

What 电视 means

1. television; TV

The characters in 电视

• 电diànlightning; electricity; electric (bound form)
• 视shì(literary, or bound form) to look at

Example sentences

• 开电视。
  Turn on the TV.
• 关闭电视机
  Guānbì diànshìjī
  Turn off the TV.
• 我看电视。
  I watch television.
• 看电视吧。
  Let's watch TV.
• 电视坏了。
  The television doesn't work.
• 我酷爱电视。
  Wǒ kù'ài diànshì.
  I really like TV.

Words starting with 电视

• 电视剧diàn shì jùTV series; TV drama
• 电视台diàn shì táitelevision station
• 电视机diàn shì jītelevision set
• 电视塔diàn shì tǎTV tower
• 电视节目diàn shì jié mùtelevision program
• 电视广播diàn shì guǎng bōtelevision broadcast; telecast; videocast
• 电视棒diàn shì bàngTV streaming stick
• 电视秀diàn shì xiùTV show

Words containing 电视

• 中央电视台Zhōng yāng Diàn shì táiChina Central Television (CCTV), PRC state TV network
• 有线电视yǒu xiàn diàn shìcable television
• 闭路电视bì lù diàn shìclosed-circuit television
• 半岛电视台Bàn dǎo Diàn shì táiAl Jazeera (Arabic news network)
• 中国电视公司Zhōng guó Diàn shì Gōng sīChina Television Company (CTV), Taiwan
• 教育电视Jiào yù Diàn shìEducational Television (Hong Kong)
• 高清电视gāo qīng diàn shìhigh definition television HDTV
• 数字电视shù zì diàn shìdigital television
• 音乐电视yīn yuè diàn shìMusic Television MTV
• 卫星电视wèi xīng diàn shìsatellite TV
• 中华电视Zhōng huá Diàn shìChinese Television System (CTS), Taiwan
• 互动电视hù dòng diàn shìinteractive TV
• 黑白电视hēi bái diàn shìblack and white TV
• 彩色电视cǎi sè diàn shìcolor television
• 国家广播电视总局Guó jiā Guǎng bō Diàn shì Zǒng júNational Radio and Television Administration (NRTA), formerly SAPPRFT, the State…
• 中国中央电视台Zhōng guó Zhōng yāng Diàn shì táiChina Central Television (CCTV), PRC state TV network
• 东方明珠电视塔Dōng fāng Míng zhū Diàn shì TǎOriental Pearl Television Tower

Sounds the same

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

• 殿试court examination, the top grade imperial exam

Where 电视 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Transport and Technology (HSK 1), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 1 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read diàn shì correctly.
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