视频
HSK 4 (exam 2025)Old HSK 6
视频 (shìpín) · video
视频 (shìpín) means “video”. It is written with 2 characters: 视 (look) + 频 (frequency). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 视频 is built
The characters
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)
频 pín · frequency
What 频 is made of
- 步bù — walk
- 止zhǐ — to stop
- 上shàng — above
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 止zhǐ — to stop
- 页yè — page
- 贝bèi — sea shell
- 冂 — frame
- 人rén — person
- 贝bèi — sea shell
Example sentences
他把旅行的视频发到了网上。Tā bǎ lǚxíng de shìpín fā dào le wǎngshàng.He posted his travel video online.
我们晚上一起看视频吧。Wǒmen wǎnshang yìqǐ kàn shìpín ba.Let's watch videos together this evening.
Questions about 视频
What does 视频 mean?
视频 (shìpín) means “video”.
How do you pronounce 视频?
视频 is pronounced shìpín.
Which HSK level is 视频?
视频 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and Old HSK 6.
Related words
- 电视diànshìtelevision
- 电视机diànshìjītelevision set
- 重视zhòngshìto value
- 电视剧diànshìjùTV series
- 电视台diànshìtáiTV station
- 影视yǐngshìfilm and television
- 忽视hūshìto ignore
- 轻视qīngshìto look down on
- 鄙视bǐshìto despise
- 敌视díshìto be hostile to
Learn 视频 with its group
It is part of Old HSK 6 · Group 167: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.