电视

Character by character

• 电diàn5 strokesHSK 1 traditional 電electricity; electric; lightning
• 视shì8 strokesHSK 1 traditional 視look at, inspect, observe, see

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Example sentences

• 我看电视。

  Wǒ kàn diàn shì

  I watch television.

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• 我在看电视。

  Wǒ zài kàn diàn shì

  I'm watching TV.

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• 他在看电视。

  Tā zài kàn diàn shì

  He is watching TV.

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 电视. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 电话diàn huàHSK 1

  telephone; phone call; phone number

• 电影diàn yǐngHSK 1

  movie; film

• 电脑diàn nǎoHSK 1

  computer

• 电diànHSK 1

  lightning; electricity; electric (bound form); to get (or give) an electric shock; phone call or telegram etc; to send via telephone or telegram etc

• 打电话dǎ diàn huàHSK 1

  to make a telephone call

• 电子diàn zǐ

  electronic; electron (particle physics)

• 视频shì pínHSK 5

  video

• 重视zhòng shìHSK 2

  to attach importance to sth; to value

• 电力diàn lìHSK 6

  electrical power; electricity

• 电梯diàn tīHSK 4

  elevator; escalator

• 电视台diàn shì táiHSK 3

  television station

• 电池diàn chíHSK 5

  battery

• 电视剧diàn shì jùHSK 3

  TV series; TV drama

• 监视jiān shìHSK 7

  to monitor; to keep a close watch over; surveillance

• 忽视hū shìHSK 4

  to neglect; to overlook; to disregard; to ignore

• 电台diàn táiHSK 3

  transmitter-receiver; broadcasting station; radio station

• 视觉shì juéHSK 7

  sight; vision; visual

• 视线shì xiànHSK 7

  line of sight

• 电源diàn yuánHSK 4

  electric power source

• 视为shì wéiHSK 5

  to view as; to see as; to consider to be; to deem

• 闪电shǎn diànHSK 4

  lightning

• 来电lái diànHSK 7

  incoming telephone call (or telegram); to phone in; to send in a telegram; to have an instant attraction to sb; (of electricity, after an outage) to come back

• 电视机diàn shì jīHSK 1

  television set

• 歧视qí shìHSK 7

  to discriminate against; discrimination