Meaning of 电视台
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- variant of 電視台|电视台[dian4 shi4 tai2]
- television station
How to use 电视台
电视台 refers to the organization or building that produces and broadcasts TV programs, and it often appears with a name or a measure word like 家 (jiā). Example: 她在北京电视台工作。(Tā zài Běijīng diànshìtái gōngzuò.) She works at Beijing TV Station.
Break it into two parts you may already know: 电视 (diànshì) means TV, and 台 (tái) means a platform or station. A TV plus the station that sends it out gives you 电视台, a television station.
Common mistake: Learners sometimes say 电视 when they mean the station, but 电视 is the TV set or TV in general, while 电视台 is the broadcaster. Also keep 台 in the second tone (tái), not the fourth.
电视台 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
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电 diàn · lightning · 5 strokes
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视 shì · to look at · 8 strokes
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台 tái · you · 5 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 电视台.
| 电话 | diànhuà | telephone; phone call |
| 打电话 | dǎ diànhuà | to make a telephone call |
| 电影 | diànyǐng | movie; film |
| 电视 | diànshì | television; TV |
| 电脑 | diànnǎo | computer |
| 电影院 | diànyǐngyuàn | cinema; movie theater |
| 电视机 | diànshìjī | television set |
| 重视 | zhòngshì | to attach importance to sth; to value |
| 舞台 | wǔtái | (lit. and fig.) stage; arena |
| 电台 | diàntái | transmitter-receiver; broadcasting station |
| 影视 | yǐngshì | movies and television |
| 电子邮件 | diànzǐ yóujiàn |
Questions about 电视台
What does 电视台 mean?
电视台 (diànshìtái) means "variant of 電視台|电视台[dian4 shi4 tai2]" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 电视台?
电视台 is made of 3 characters: 电 (5 strokes), 视 (8 strokes), 台 (5 strokes). That is 18 strokes in total.
Is 电视台 an HSK word?
Yes. 电视台 is on the HSK 3 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 电视台 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 电视台 is written 電視臺.
What is the word for a radio station in Chinese?
A radio station is 电台 (diàntái) or more formally 广播电台 (guǎngbō diàntái). It follows the same pattern, with 台 meaning station.
How do I say which channel a show is on?
Use 台 or 频道 (píndào) for a channel, for example 中央电视台一台 (Zhōngyāng Diànshìtái yī tái), CCTV-1. In daily speech people also say 换台 (huàn tái) for changing the channel.