Chinese word

电视机

Pronunciation

Pinyindiàn shì jī

Meaning

  • nountelevision

Example

我家有一台电视机。wǒ jiā yǒu yì tái diàn shì jī

There is one television in my home.

Illustration for 电视机 (television)

More examples

我们想买一台电视机。wǒ men xiǎng mǎi yì tái diàn shì jī

We want to buy one television.

Core concept

A home or public-space machine that carries distant images and voices into the room.

Common phrases

  • 一台电视机yì tái diàn shì jī

    one television

  • 买电视机mǎi diàn shì jī

    buy a television

  • 有电视机yǒu diàn shì jī

    have a television

Similar words

电视diàn shì: A flat household device for watching television pictures and hearing sound.

Definition in Chinese

家庭或公共场所使用的电子设备，用以接收电视信号并将其转换为可视图像和声音。jiā tíng huò gōng gòng cháng suǒ shǐ yòng de diàn zi shè bèi yòng yǐ jiē shōu diàn shì xìn hào bìng jiāng qí zhuǎn huàn wèi kě shì tú xiàng hé shēng yīn

Word origin

电视机 (diànshìjī, "television") combines 电 (diàn, "electricity"), 视 (shì, "viewing"), and 机 (jī, "machine") to name a machine for viewing electrically delivered pictures and sound.

Usage tips

  • For counting a television, Chinese uses 台 (tái, "machine classifier"), the same kind of counting word used for many machines.

Related words

Word lists with this word