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电视机

diàn shì jī · dian shi ji

Traditional 電視機

HSK 1Measure word: 台 tái

Meaning

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  1. television set
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In a conversation

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The silent TV

  1. Dengdeng

    我们(wǒmen)家(jiā)的(de)电视机(diànshìjī)坏(huài)了(le)。

    Our TV is broken.

  2. Liangliang

    怎么(zěnme)坏(huài)的(de)？

    How did it break?

  3. Dengdeng

    昨天(zuótiān)我(wǒ)看(kàn)比赛(bǐsài)，电视机(diànshìjī)突然(tūrán)没有(méiyǒu)声音(shēngyīn)。

    Yesterday while I watched a match, the TV suddenly had no sound.

  4. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)按(àn)遥控器(yáokòngqì)了(le)吗(ma)？

    Did you press the remote?

  5. Dengdeng

    按(àn)了(le)，可是(kěshì)没(méi)反应(fǎnyìng)。

    I did, but there was no response.

  6. Liangliang

    那(nà)不是(bùshì)电视机(diànshìjī)坏(huài)了(le)，是(shì)遥控器(yáokòngqì)没电(méidiàn)了(le)！

    Then the TV is not broken. The remote is out of battery!

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

这(zhè)个(ge)房(fáng)间(jiān)里(lǐ)有(yǒu)个(gè)电(diàn)视(shì)机(jī)。

There is a television in this room.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

请(qǐng)把(bǎ)电(diàn)视(shì)机(jī)关(guān)掉(diào)好(hǎo)吗(ma)？

Would you please turn the TV off?

Tatoeba: Chinese by jacintoo · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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电
diàn

lightning; electricity

视
shì

(literary, or bound form) to look at

机
jī

(bound form) machine; mechanism; (bound form) aircraft

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