電視
Chinese
electric; electricity; electrical | to look at; to regard; to inspect | ||
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trad. (電視) | 電 | 視 | |
simp. (电视) | 电 | 视 |
Etymology
Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 電視 (denshi, “television”), based on 電話 (denwa, “telephone”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
電視
- television; TV; the small screen
- 上電視 / 上电视 ― shàng diànshì ― to be on TV
- 液晶電視 / 液晶电视 ― yèjīng diànshì ― liquid crystal TV
- 我喜歡看電視。 / 我喜欢看电视。 ― Wǒ xǐhuān kàn diànshì. ― I like to watch TV.
- 我好鍾意睇電視。 [Cantonese, trad.]
- Ngo5 hou2 zung1 ji3 tai2 din6 si6. [Jyutping]
- I like to watch TV.
我好钟意睇电视。 [Cantonese, simp.]
- television set; TV set
Derived terms
Derived terms from 電視
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Descendants
- Lü: ᦶᦎᧃᧈᦉᦹᧈ (ṫaen1ṡue1)
References
- Tatsuo Miyajima, “Terebi” to “denshi”, in 西学東漸と東亜近代新語新概念, 2008.
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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電 | 視 |
でん Grade: 2 | し Grade: 6 |
on’yomi |
Noun
電視 (hiragana でんし, rōmaji denshi)
- (obsolete) television