电视

电视 diànshì in a sentence

Television (TV)

Full dictionary entry HSK 1 7 sentences

电视 (diànshì) means Television (TV). Below are 7 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.

Dictionary examples

他在看 电视

Tā zài kàn diànshì.

He is watching TV.

Dictionary example · HSK 1 · 电视

我们八点看 电视

Wǒmen bā diǎn kàn diànshì.

We watch TV at eight o'clock.

Dictionary example · HSK 1 ·

晚上我在家看 电视

Wǎnshang wǒ zài jiā kàn diànshì.

In the evening I watch TV at home.

Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 晚上

我先做作业,然后看 电视

Wǒ xiān zuò zuòyè, ránhòu kàn diànshì.

I do my homework first, then watch TV.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 然后

From the graded readers

晚上我看书,也看一会儿 电视

wǎnshang wǒ kànshū, yě kàn / kān yìhuir diànshì.

In the evening I read, and watch a little TV.

Graded reader · HSK 1 · My Day

星期日我们都在家,一起吃饭,一起看 电视

xīngqīrì wǒmen dōu zàijiā, yìqǐ chīfàn, yìqǐ kàn / kān diànshì.

On Sundays we're all at home; we eat together and watch TV together.

Graded reader · HSK 1 · My Family

From the grammar library

我晚上在家看 电视

Wǒ wǎnshang zài jiā kàn diànshì.

I watch TV at home in the evening.

Grammar library · HSK 1 · Word order — Subject + Verb + Object

Questions about 电视

How is 电视 used in a sentence?

This page shows 7 sentences using 电视 (diànshì, "Television (TV)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.

Are these sentences machine generated?

No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.

Is 电视 an HSK word?

Yes — 电视 is on the official HSK 1 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 1 page.

Where can I see the full entry for 电视?

The dictionary page for 电视 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.

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