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電視

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Chinese

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electric; electricity; electrical to look at; to regard; to inspect
trad. (電視)
simp. (电视)
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Pronunciation

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Noun

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電視

  1. television; TV; the small screen (the broadcasting medium)
    電視电视  ―  shàng diànshì  ―  to be on TV
    喜歡電視喜欢电视  ―  Wǒ xǐhuān kàn diànshì.  ―  I like to watch TV.
    鍾意電視 [Cantonese, trad.]
    钟意电视 [Cantonese, simp.]
    ngo5 hou2 zung1 ji3 tai2 din6 si6. [Jyutping]
    I like to watch TV.
  2. (countable) television set; TV set (Classifier: m;  m)
    打開電視打开电视  ―  dǎ kāi diànshì  ―  turn on the TV
    液晶電視液晶电视  ―  yèjīng diànshì  ―  liquid crystal TV
    電視屏幕電腦屏幕 [MSC, trad.]
    电视屏幕电脑屏幕 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā xiū diànshì píngmù hé diànnǎo píngmù. [Pinyin]
    He repairs television screens and computer screens.
  3. (Putian Puxian Min, mahjong) white dragon

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (電視):
  • Japanese: (でん)() (denshi)
  • Korean: 전시(電視) (jeonsi)

Others:

References

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  • 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “电视”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 141.

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
でん
Grade: 2

Grade: 6
goon kan'on
Alternative spelling
電視 (kyūjitai)

Noun

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(でん)() (denshi

  1. (obsolete) television