VocabularyHSK 3 · core

电视

diànshì

television

Part of speech · noun

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Examples

我喜欢看电视。
I like watching TV.
这个电视节目很好看。
This TV show is great.

Collocations

看电视电视节目电视台

Mnemonic

电视 diànshì "television" — 电 "electric" + 视 "to see". "Electric viewing". Compare 电话 (electric speech), 电脑 (electric brain = computer). Pattern of 电+function for tech vocabulary.

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