电 diàn
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 曰 — to speak
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
电视
diànshì
television, TV
Characters in this word
视 shì
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 见 — to see, to observe, to meet, to appear
- Made of
- 礻 spirit 见 to see, to observe, to meet, to appear
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 我们在看电视。 Wǒmen zài kàn diànshì. We're watching TV.
- 电视在哪儿？ Diànshì zài nǎr? Where is the TV?
- 我想看电视。 Wǒ xiǎng kàn diànshì. I want to watch TV.
- 爷爷晚上看电视吗？ Yéye wǎnshang kàn diànshì ma? Does Grandpa watch TV in the evening?
- 电视里有好看的电影。 Diànshì lǐ yǒu hǎokàn de diànyǐng. There's a good movie on TV.
- 我爸爸不爱看电视。 Wǒ bàba bú ài kàn diànshì. My dad doesn't like watching TV.
- 他们都在看电视呢。 Tāmen dōu zài kàn diànshì ne. They're all watching TV now.
- 今天我们一起看电视吧。 Jīntiān wǒmen yìqǐ kàn diànshì ba. Let's watch TV together today.
- 爸爸打开电视。 Bàba dǎkāi diànshì. Dad turns on the TV.
- 妈妈关上电视。 Māma guānshàng diànshì. Mom turns off the TV.
Related words
- 打电话 dǎ diànhuà to make a phone call
- 电 diàn electricity
- 电话 diànhuà telephone; phone call
- 电脑 diànnǎo computer
- 电视机 diànshìjī TV set
- 电影 diànyǐng film, movie
- 电影院 diànyǐngyuàn cinema
- 电视剧 diànshìjù television series
- 电视台 diànshìtái television station
- 电台 diàntái radio station
- 电子邮件 diànzǐ yóujiàn email
- 充电 chōngdiàn to charge