電視

Chinese

		electric; electricity; electrical	to look at; to regard; to inspect
trad. (電視)		電	視
simp. (电视)		电	视

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): diànshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄕˋ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): дяншы (di͡anšɨ, III-III)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): din⁶ si⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thien-sṳ
• Eastern Min (BUC): diêng-sê
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tiān-sī

  (Teochew, Peng'im): diang⁶ si⁶

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶di-zy

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: diànshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: diànshìh
    • Wade–Giles: tien⁴-shih⁴
    • Yale: dyàn-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diannshyh
    • Palladius: дяньши (djanʹši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 殿試／殿试 電勢／电势 電視／电视

  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: дяншы (di͡anšɨ, III-III)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiæ̃⁴⁴ ʂʐ̩⁴⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: din⁶ si⁶
    • Yale: dihn sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: din⁶ si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: din⁶ xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːn²² siː²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thien-sṳ
    • Hakka Romanization System: tien sii
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tian⁴ si⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰi̯en⁵⁵ sɨ⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: diêng-sê
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tieŋ²⁴²⁻⁵³ ^(s-)nɛi²⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiān-sī
    • Tâi-lô: tiān-sī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diexnsi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiɛn²²⁻²¹ si²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɛn⁴¹⁻²² si⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɛn²²⁻²¹ si²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiɛn³³⁻¹¹ si³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɛn³³⁻²¹ si³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: diang⁶ si⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tiăng sĭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiaŋ³⁵⁻¹¹ si³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶di-zy
    • MiniDict: di^去 zy
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³di-zr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /di²² zz̩⁴⁴/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 電視

1. 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.]
   我好钟意睇电视。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   ngo⁵ hou² zung¹ ji³ tai² din⁶ si⁶. [Jyutping]

   I like to watch TV.

2. television set; TV set

Synonyms

• (television set): 電視機／电视机 (diànshìjī)

Descendants

• → Guiqiong: diɐnsi
• → Lü: ᦶᦎᧃᧈᦉᦹᧈ (ṫaen¹ṡue¹)
• → Zhuang: densi

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
電	視
でん Grade: 2	し Grade: 6
goon	kan’on

Alternative spelling
電視 (kyūjitai)

Noun

1. (obsolete) television