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电视 Traditional: 電視
Pinyin diànshì IPA [tjɛn˥˩ ʂɻ̩˥˩] Zhuyin ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄕˋ
HSK 1 noun 名词 Book 1 · Lesson 13 freq #779

Meaning

A television, or television as a medium — literally "electric vision". 看电视 means "to watch TV".

Measure Words

Examples

开电视。 kāi diàn shì Turn on the TV.
您看电视吗? nín kàn diàn shì ma Do you watch TV?
我在看电视。 wǒ zài kàn diàn shì I'm watching TV.

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