Television in Chinese (Mandarin): 电视 (diànshì)
电视
diànshì
television
- Simplified
- 电视
- Traditional
- 電視
- Pinyin
- diànshì
- Typed as
- dianshi
Use it in a sentence
晚上我们看电视。
晚上我們看電視。
We watch television at night.
The characters in 电视
电 / 電
Electricity; also lightning. 雨 (rain) was on top of its old form.
5 strokes
视 / 視
To look at.
8 strokes
电视 is "electric viewing". Watching TV is 看电视 (kàn diànshì).
More examples with 电视
电视里有动画片。
電視裡有動畫片。
Diànshì li yǒu dònghuàpiàn.
There is a cartoon on TV.
我们一起看电视。
我們一起看電視。
Wǒmen yìqǐ kàn diànshì.
We watch TV together.
How to write 电视 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
电 5 strokes
视 8 strokes
In Traditional characters:
電 13 strokes
視 11 strokes
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