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电视

diàn shì

HSK 1 · word 79 of 3,000

Meaning

• television; TV

Measure word

台 tái or 部 bù

Example sentence

Characters in 电视

• 电 diàn lightning
• 视 shì to look at; vision, sight

电 electricity plus 视 to look at. Compare 电视机, where 机 adds the machine itself — the set as opposed to the medium.

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