电 diàn
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 曰 — to speak
- Made of
- 曰 to speak 乚 secret, hidden, mysterious
- 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.
Related words
- 打电话 dǎdiànhuà 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
- 手机 shǒujī mobile phone
- 上网 shàngwǎng to go online
- 网上 wǎngshang online
- 网友 wǎngyǒu online friend, internet user
- 新年 xīnnián New Year