电视 diànshì television
How to remember 电视: 电 electricity + 视 look at = television.
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How it is used
- Television - 看电视 (kàn diànshì) watch TV.
- The set itself is 电视机; 电视 can mean both the device and the medium/programming.
- 看电视 uses 看 (watch), same as 看电影.
Example sentences
- 这台电视坏了。 Zhè tái diànshì huài le.This TV is broken.
- 他在换电视频道。 Tā zài huàn diànshì píndào.He's changing the TV channel.
- 我们有一台数字电视。 Wǒmen yǒu yì tái shùzì diànshì.We have a digital TV.