电视
HSK 1 (exam 2025)HSK 1 (2021)Old HSK 1
电视 (diànshì) · television
电视 (diànshì) means “television”. It is written with 2 characters: 电 (electricity) + 视 (look). It is an HSK 1 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 电视 is built
The characters
电 diàn · electricity
What 电 is made of
- 曰yuē — to speak
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 乚 — hook stroke
Origin hint: Simplified form of 電; lightning 申 from a storm cloud 雨 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
视 shì · look
What 视 is made of
- 礻shì — spirit/altar
- 卜bo — divination
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 丶 — dot
- 卜bo — divination
- 见jiàn — to see
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 儿ér — child
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 乚 — hook stroke
- 冂 — frame
Origin hint: 见 gives the meaning, 礻 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
爷爷在看电视。Yéye zài kàn diànshì.Grandpa is watching TV.
你晚上看电视吗？Nǐ wǎnshang kàn diànshì ma?Do you watch TV in the evening?
Questions about 电视
What does 电视 mean?
电视 (diànshì) means “television”.
How do you pronounce 电视?
电视 is pronounced diànshì.
Which HSK level is 电视?
电视 is in HSK 1 (exam 2025) and HSK 1 (2021) and Old HSK 1.
Related words
- 打电话dǎdiànhuàto make a phone call
- 电话diànhuàtelephone
- 电脑diànnǎocomputer
- 电视机diànshìjītelevision set
- 电影diànyǐngfilm
- 电影院diànyǐngyuàncinema
- 电视剧diànshìjùTV series
- 电视台diànshìtáiTV station
- 电台diàntáiradio station
- 电子邮件diànzǐ yóujiànemail
Learn 电视 with its group
It is part of HSK 1 (2021) · Group 36: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.