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電視

简电视 · 繁電視

Mandarin · pinyin diàn shì

television; TV
Classifier: 臺 tái, 部 bù

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電: Look up this written character
視: Look up this written character
电: diàn · electricity; electric; lightning
视: shì · look at, inspect, observe, see

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4–4 · dian4 shi4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

din6 si6

Cantonese word readings for 電視. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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noun

television; TV; the small screen (the broadcasting medium)
(countable) television set; TV set (Classifier: 臺／台 m; 部 m)
(Putian Puxian Min, mahjong) white dragon

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