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電視
  din6 si6   jyutping
  dian4 shi4   pinyin
television; TV


Level: 2   Google Frequency: 8,610,000

This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
電視 / 电视

This word has been viewed 5824 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by claw on 26th Jul 2004 08:54 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03
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Characters in this word:

 din6  -  lightning; electricity
 si6  -  look at; observe; see; watch

50 compounds containing this word:

電視機 - a television / TV set
閉路電視 - closed-circuit television
電視綫路 - television channel
電視頻道 - television channel
電視台 - television station/network
電視畫面 - television screen
電視屏幕 - television screen
電視臺 - television station; television network
電視節目 - television program
有綫電視 - cable television
有線電視 - cable television
睇電視 - watch TV
平面電視 - flat-screen TV
電漿電視 - plasma TV
高畫質電視 - HDTV
液晶電視 - LCD TV
電視劇 - a soap opera, TV series
電視觀眾 - TV viewers
電視主持人 - TV program host/hostess
閂電視機 - [v] to switch off the television
日本電視劇 - a Japanese soap opera
紙札電視機 - [n] papier mache television (in funerals)
高清電視 - HDTV, high-definition television, digital TV
高清電視接收機 - HDTV / high-definition television / digital TV receiver
收費電視 - pay television, pay-per-view TV
互動電視 - interactive television
半島電視台 - Al-Jazeera Television
香港網絡電視 - Hong Kong Network Television
Now寬頻電視 - Now Broadband TV
亞洲電視有限公司 - Asia Television Ltd.
衛星電視有限公司 - Satellite Television Asian Region Ltd.
電視廣播有限公司 - Television Broadcast Ltd.
亞洲電視 - Asia Television, Ltd.
亞洲電視本港台 - Asia Television, Ltd. Home Channel
亞洲電視國際台 - Asia Television, Ltd. World Channel
無線電視翡翠台 - Jade Channel
無線電視明珠台 - Pearl Channel
無線電視台 - TVB, Hong Kong TV Channel
中央電視臺 - CCTV (Chinese state television)
南方電視台 - Southern Television, TVS
中國中央電視台 - China Central Television (CCTV), Chinese National TV
中央電視台 - China Central Television (CCTV)
Common Formations:
數字電視 - digital television
彩色電視 - colorcast (television broadcast)
教育電視 - Educational Television (Hong Kong)
電視廣播 - [n] telecast; videocast; [v] telecast
電視佈道家 - a televangelist
電視會議 - video conference
電視直銷 - TV home shopping
廣播電視大學 - radio and television university

Showing all 6 examples containing 電視
detail audio 呢排成日睇電視
Recently I've been watching tv all day.
detail audio 一定要睇電視
I must watch TV!
[(spoken by someone obviously addicted to TV!)]
detail audio 睇電視唔得!
I need to watch TV!
[Literally "I cannot not watch TV".]
detail audio 聖誕期間電視好多!
There are lots of good films on TV at Christmas!
detail 聖誕期間電視很多好看電影
There are lots of good films on TV at Christmas!
detail 什麼品牌電視機?
What brand (type) of TV do you want?

*** The simplified equivalent of this word has not been verified by any editors, so it may not be fully accurate ***


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