电视 (diàn shì)

Character breakdown

• 电 (diàn) · 5 strokes

  Simplified form of 電, which depicts lightning (申) during a rainstorm (雨). The 雨 component was deleted for simplification.

• 视 (shì) · 8 strokes

  Simplified form of 視. Phonosemantic compound. 見 represents the meaning and 礻 represents the sound.

Example sentences

1. 我看电视。 — I watch television.
2. 电视坏了。 — The television doesn't work.
3. 我酷爱电视。 — I really like TV.
4. 他在看电视。 — He is watching TV.
5. 你有电视吗？ — Do you have a TV?

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