转台

轉台

zhuǎntái

verb #15,849

Meanings

1 to change the channel (TV)
2 to switch channels

Characters

to turn; to change

platform; station; channel

Examples

这个节目太无聊了，转台吧。

Zhège jiémù tài wúliáo le, zhuǎntái ba.

This show is too boring — let's change the channel.

别转台，我正在看呢。

Bié zhuǎntái, wǒzhèng zài kàn ne.

Don't change the channel, I'm watching this.

Tips

usage

转台 originally meant turning a dial on a radio/TV to switch stations. Also read as zhuàntái (4th tone on 转), it means 'rotating stage' or 'turntable' — a different word with a different meaning.

Stroke Order

转 zhuǎn

台 tái