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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 电视

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
电视 diàn shì - television; TV
- CL:臺|台[tai2],部[bu4]

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
1 1 668 892 1,130

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
diàn- lightning
- electricity
- electric (bound form)
- to get (or give) an electric shock
- phone call or telegram etc
- to send via telephone or telegram etc
shì- variant of 視|视[shi4]
- variant of 示[shi4]
shì- old variant of 視|视[shi4]
shì- (literary, or bound form) to look at

Other Words Containing 电视

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
电视 1 1 668 892 1,130
电视台 - 3 3,251 4,630 6,717
电视剧 - 3 4,876 3,569 2,609
电视机 - 1 5,626 7,678 9,202
有线电视 - - 9,706 11,346 25,994
闭路电视 - - 14,827 42,500 74,031
电视塔 - - 38,964 38,572 35,388