HSK · Level 84
45 words
Chinese word
无线电
Pronunciation
Pinyinwú xiàn diàn
Meaning
- nounradio
Example
我每晚听无线电新闻。wǒ méi wǎn tīng wú xiàn diàn xīn wén
I listen to the news on the radio every night.
More examples
工程师在调整无线电接收机的天线。gōng chéng shī zài tiáo zhěng wú xiàn diàn jiē shōu jī de tiān xiàn
The engineer is adjusting the antenna of the radio receiver.
Core concept
Information travels through the air instead of along a physical wire, linking communication systems with the device that receives their signals.
Common phrases
无线电台wú xiàn diàn tái
radio station
收听无线电shōu tīng wú xiàn diàn
listen to the radio
无线电信号wú xiàn diàn xìn hào
radio signal
无线电设备wú xiàn diàn shè bèi
radio equipment
无线电波wú xiàn diàn bō
radio wave
Similar words
广播guǎng bō: The scheduled transmission of programs and information by radio to a wide audience.
收音机shōu yīn jī: A machine that picks up radio signals for listening to broadcasts.
电台diàn tái: A broadcasting station or organization that creates and sends out programs.
频道pín dào: A position or number that identifies a separate broadcast program or signal.
Definition in Chinese
指用于接收或发射通过无线电波传播的信息的装置或系统，口语中常指用于听广播的收音机。zhǐ yòng yú jiē shōu huò fā shè tōng guò wú xiàn diàn bō chuán bō de xìn xī de zhuāng zhì huò xì tǒng kóu yǔ zhōng cháng zhǐ yòng yú tīng guǎng bō de shōu yīn jī
Word origin
The compound 无线电 (wúxiàndiàn, "wireless electricity") combines the idea of having no wires with electricity to name communication by radio waves.
Usage tips
- English often uses one short term for the medium, the equipment, and the activity, while Chinese context more strongly determines which of these is meant.
Other meanings
- radio receivernoun
- radio communicationnoun
Opposites
- 有线通信yǒu xiàn tōng xìnwired communicationnoun
- 有线广播yǒu xiàn guǎng bōwired broadcastingnoun
Related words
- 无线电台wú xiàn diàn táiradio stationnoun
- 无线电接收机wú xiàn diàn jiē shōu jīradio receivernoun
- 无线电通信wú xiàn diàn tōng xìnradio communicationnoun