电视 diànshì

HSK level

Traditional form

電視

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

电 diàn

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Originally a variant form of 申 Shēn , a pictograph of a lightning bolt. The traditional form 電 diàn adds the 雨 yǔ (rain) component.

Positional decomposition

⿻曰乚

Number of Strokes

视 shì

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Simplified form of 視 shì . Phonosemantic compound. 見 jiàn represents the meaning and 礻 shì represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

礻 shì

Semantic compound

见 jiàn

Positional decomposition

⿰礻见

Number of Strokes

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许多 xǔduō 人 rén 情 qíng 愿 yuàn 租 zū 电视机 diàn shì jī 而 ér 不愿 bù yuàn 买 mǎi 电视机 diàn shì jī .

Many people prefer to rent their television sets instead of buying them.

新 Xīn 方式 fāngshì 并 bìng 不 bù 表明 biǎomíng 30秒 miǎo 电视广告的 de 终结 zhōng jié .

This new order hardly signals the end of the 30 - second network commercial.

每天 měi tiān 晚上 wǎnshang 电视 diànshì 老 lǎo 重复 chóngfù 旧 jiù 片子 piān zi ,真是 zhēn shi 讨厌 tǎoyàn 透 tòu 了 le .

I hate all these old films they keep showing on the box every night.

这 zhè 台 Tái 电视机 diàn shì jī 只 zhǐ 卖 mài 50元 Yuán ,真是 zhēn shi 便宜 biànyí !

At $ 50 this TV set was a steal!

今晚 jīn wǎn 的 de 电视 diànshì 切目不如 bùrú 往常 wǎngcháng 好 hǎo .

The TV programme was not up to par tonight.

See the 5 Chinese characters that make up 电视 diànshì and their own compounds.

电 diàn

曰 yuē , 乚 gōu

视 shì

见 jiàn

儿 ér , 冂 jiōng

礻 shì

See all 41 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 电视 diànshì in their composition.

电 diàn

奄 yǎn

掩 yǎn , 淹 yān , 腌 yān , 阉 yān , 俺 ǎn , 鹌 ān , 庵 ān , 唵 ǎn , 埯 ǎn , 崦 yān , 殗 yè , 罨 yǎn , 馣 yǎn , 剦, 匎, 奙, 晻, 痷, 硽, 菴, 裺, 醃 yān , 閹 yān , 餣, 鵪 ān , 黤

竜 lóng

滝 lóng , 篭 lóng , 槞

黾 miǎn

绳 shéng , 蝇 yíng , 渑 miǎn , 鼋 yuán , 鼍 tuó , 鼌

亀 guī , 竃 zào , 縄 shéng , 蝿, 電 diàn , 齥

视 shì

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