电视/電視 diànshì — television

Meanings

1. 1

   television

   The set and the medium alike. Watching it is 看电视 — the verb is 看, never 听 or 读.

   noun

Character breakdown

• 电/電

  diàn (fourth tone, falling)

  electricity; lightning; a telegram; to give an electric shock

  5 strokesRadical 田

Example sentences

• 爸爸在家看电视。/爸爸在家看電視。Bàba (fourth tone, falling) zài (fourth tone, falling) jiā (first tone, high and level) kàn (fourth tone, falling) diànshì. (fourth tone, falling)···

  Dad is watching television at home.

• 我不太喜欢看电视。/我不太喜歡看電視。Wǒ (third tone, dipping) bú (second tone, rising) tài (fourth tone, falling) xǐhuan (third tone, dipping) kàn (fourth tone, falling) diànshì. (fourth tone, falling)···

  I’m not very keen on television.

Similar words

Words containing 电

• 电影/電影diànyǐng (fourth tone, falling)film, movie
• 电脑/電腦diànnǎo (fourth tone, falling)computer
• 打电话/打電話dǎ (third tone, dipping) diànhuà (fourth tone, falling)to make a phone call
• 电梯/電梯diàntī (fourth tone, falling)lift, elevator
• 电子邮件/電子郵件diànzǐ (fourth tone, falling) yóujiàn (second tone, rising)email, electronic mail