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电台 diàntái

电台 diàntái Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 6 English Translations of the word 电台 diàntái .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
diàntái | dian4 tai2
English translation
transmitter-receiver
broadcasting station
radio station
CL:
>[gè], jiā [jiā]

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Traditional form

電臺

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí
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Etymology of 电台 diàntái

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diàn

Type

ideographic

Explanation

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

Positional decomposition

曰乚

Number of Strokes

5
Tái

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. kǒu represents the meaning and represents the sound. kǒu (mouth) indicates that the character is only "mouthed", i.e. only used for its phonetic value. In simplified Chinese Tái is also used to mean "table; counter", while in tradition

Positional decomposition

厶口

Number of Strokes

5

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Example sentences using 电台 diàntái

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官方 guānfāng Huán jiè 违反 wéifǎn 条例 tiáo lì 其他 qítā 规定 guīdìng děng 问题 wèntí , Xiàng 反对派 fǎn duì pài de 报纸 bàozhǐ 电台 diàntái zhǎo chà .

Fire code and other violations were found against opposition newspaper and radios.

无线电台详细 xiángxì de 广播 guǎngbō le 消息 xiāoxi .

The radio broadcast the news in detail.

无线电台预报 yùbào Míng tiān tiān qíng .

The radio station forecasts clear skies tomorrow.

作为 zuòwéi 一名职业 zhíyè 作曲家 zuò qǔ jiā 十分 shífēn 感激 gǎnjī 第三电台 diàntái

As a professional composer I owe much to Radio

如果 rúguǒ 电台 diàntái 司令 sīlìng 乐队 yuè duì de 每首歌 dōu xiàng 这首这么 zhè me bàng 的话 de huà 很快便会家喻户晓 jiāyùhùxiǎo le

If every tune from Radiohead is as good as this one is, it can't be long before they are household names.

电台 diàntái Decomposition

See the 4 Chinese characters that make up 电台 diàntái and their own compounds.

电台 diàntái Compounds

See all 88 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 电台 diàntái in their composition.

  • diàn
    • yǎn
    • lóng
      • lóng , lóng ,
    • miǎn
    • guī , zào , shéng , , diàn ,
  • Tái
    • zhì
      • ,
    • shǐ , tāi , tái , tái , tái , , dài , dài , , chī , , , tái , hāi , dài , shǐ , tái , tái , , , , dài , tái , dài , tái , , , , , , , , 紿, , , , , , , , tái , , , ,
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