电台 (diàn tái) — radio station; broadcasting station; transceiver; transmitter-receiver
Definition
电台 covers two senses: a radio/TV broadcasting station (pair with 电视台 for TV), and a walkie-talkie-style transmitter-receiver (a device, like 收音机). 台 alone is just the 'station' morpheme, not a full word.
noun
radio stationbroadcasting stationtransceivertransmitter-receiver
Measure word · 个, 家
Examples
- 电台。Wǒ měi tiān zǎo shàng dōu tīng zhè ge diàn tái de xīn wén jié mù.I listen to this radio station's news program every morning.
- 电台。Zhè jiā diàn tái de tīng zhòng fēi cháng duō.This radio station has a very large audience.
- 电台，。Tā mǎi le yì tái diàn tái, yòng lái hé duì yǒu lián xì.He bought a transceiver to communicate with his teammates.
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