Usage note
电视台是播放电视节目和新闻的地方。
diàn shì tái shì bō fàng diàn shì jié mù hé xīn wén de dì fāng。
电视台 means a TV station that broadcasts programs and news.
Context note
电视台常用于新闻、节目和媒体。
diàn shì tái cháng yòng yú xīn wén 、 jié mù hé méi tǐ。
It is often used with news, programs, and media.
5 examples
他在电视台工作。
tā zài diàn shì tái gōng zuò。
He works at a TV station.
电视台正在播新闻。
diàn shì tái zhèng zài bō xīn wén。
The TV station is broadcasting the news.
我们看了电视台的节目。
wǒ men kàn le diàn shì tái de jié mù。
We watched the TV station's program.
电视台很有名。
diàn shì tái hěn yǒu míng。
The TV station is very famous.
电视台采访了老师。
diàn shì tái cǎi fǎng le lǎo shī。
The TV station interviewed the teacher.
5 mini stories
电视台来学校拍节目。
diàn shì tái lái xué xiào pāi jié mù。
The TV station came to the school to film a program.
他长大后想去电视台工作。
tā zhǎng dà hòu xiǎng qù diàn shì tái gōng zuò。
He wants to work at a TV station when he grows up.
电视台播出了一条好消息。
diàn shì tái bō chū le yì tiáo hǎo xiāo xī。
The TV station broadcast a piece of good news.
老师让学生了解电视台。
lǎo shī ràng xué shēng liǎo jiě diàn shì tái。
The teacher asked students to learn about TV stations.
孩子喜欢看电视台的动画节目。
hái zi xǐ huan kàn diàn shì tái de dòng huà jié mù。
The child likes watching the TV station's cartoon programs.
Mini dialogue
去电视台参观
A
明天我们去电视台参观，你想去吗？
Míngtiān wǒmen qù diànshìtái cānguān, nǐ xiǎng qù ma?
Tomorrow we are visiting the TV station, do you want to go?
B
太好了！电视台里可以看到主持人吗？
Tài hǎo le! Diànshìtái lǐ kěyǐ kàn dào zhǔchírén ma?
Great! Can we see the hosts in the TV station?
爸爸在哪里工作
A
你爸爸在哪里工作？
Nǐ bàba zài nǎlǐ gōngzuò?
Where does your dad work?
B
我爸爸在电视台工作，他是一名记者。
Wǒ bàba zài diànshìtái gōngzuò, tā shì yī míng jìzhě.
My dad works at a TV station, he is a reporter.
Related words and contrasts
related
广播电台
guǎng bō diàn tái
radio station
Both are places that send out signals, but TV has pictures and radio only has sound.
related
演播室
yǎn bō shì
studio
A room inside a TV station where programs are made.