电视diàn shìtelevision; TV
电视 (diàn shì) means "television; TV." It appears in 我晚上看电视。 (I watch TV in the evening.) and 他很喜欢看电视。 (He really likes watching TV.) In the dialogue, A asks what B is doing, B says B is watching TV, A wants to watch too, and B invites A over.
What does 电视 mean?
- 1.
television; TVnoun
What do the characters in 电视 mean?
- 电electricity
- 视(literary, or bound form) to look at
How do you use 电视?
See it in 看电视
What are some examples of 电视 in a sentence?
How is 电视 used in a conversation?
- Speaker A:
你在做什么?
Nǐ zài zuò shénme?
What are you doing?
- Speaker B:
我在看电视。
Wǒ zài kàn diànshì.
I'm watching TV.
- Speaker A:
我也想看。
Wǒ yě xiǎng kàn.
I want to watch too.
- Speaker B:
好,来吧。
Hǎo, lái ba.
OK, come on over.
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English glosses on this page are adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG (snapshot 2026-10-23), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Glosses were edited for learners.