电视(diàn shì): television
television
Character breakdown
2 characters · plays one at a time
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Word information
- Pinyin
- diàn shì
- Meaning
- television; TV
- HSK level
- HSK 1
- Characters
- 2
- Traditional
- 電視
Appears in lessons
电视 is taught in these textbook lessons.
Example sentences
How 电视 is used in everyday Chinese — the speaker reads the whole sentence.
我正在看电视。
wǒ zhèng zài kàn diàn shì
I'm watching TV now.
他常常上电视。
tā cháng cháng shàng diàn shì
He often appears on TV.
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