# 电视 (diànshì)

In Mandarin Chinese, 电视 (diànshì) means “television; TV”. It is part of the HSK 1 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: television; TV
- Pinyin: diànshì (dian4 shi4)
- Traditional: 電視
- HSK 3.0 · Level 1
- HSK 2.0 · Level 1
- Measure word: 台、部

## Examples

- 爷爷在家里看电视。
  Yéye zài jiālǐ kàn diànshì.
  Grandpa is watching TV at home.

## Characters

- [电](https://hanziro.com/word/dian-electricity/) (diàn): electricity; electric
- 视 (shì): (literary, or bound form) to look at

https://hanziro.com/word/dian-shi-television/

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