电视网 (diàn shì wǎng) — television network | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

television network

Measure word · 个

Examples

电视网。
Zhè ge diàn shì wǎng yǒu hěn duō hǎo kàn de jié mù.
This television network has many good shows.
电视网。
Tā zài zhè jiā diàn shì wǎng dāng jì zhě.
He works as a reporter for this television network.
电视网。
Zuó tiān wǒ zài diàn shì wǎng shàng kàn le yí gè xīn wén.
Yesterday I watched a news report on television network.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

电视television

电diànelectric视shìsight

偏正Modifier + head

网wǎngnetwork

电视网 is a 网 network for 电视 television.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 電; 电 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

雨雨yǔrain

Sound part声符shēngfú

申

申shēn電diàn

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

For the traditional form 電, 雨 (rain) sits with 申, read shēn and meaning lightning.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 視; 视 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

見見jiànsee

Sound part声符shēngfú

示

示shì視shì

Same sound today

The story is about the traditional form 視: it combines 見, meaning see, with 示, which gives the sound shì.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 網; 网 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

糸糸mìrope

Sound part声符shēngfú

罔

罔wǎng網wǎng

Same sound today

The traditional form 網 pairs 糸 (rope) with 罔 to give the sound; the simplified 网 is a later shorthand.

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