闭路电视

閉路電視

bìlùdiànshì

noun #14,827

Meanings

1 closed-circuit television
2 CCTV (surveillance)

Characters

Examples

商店里安装了闭路电视。

Shāngdiàn lǐ ānzhuāng le bìlùdiànshì.

The store installed closed-circuit television.

警方正在查看闭路电视的录像。

Jǐngfāng zhèngzài chákàn bìlùdiànshì de lùxiàng.

The police are reviewing the CCTV footage.

Tips

usage

In mainland China, surveillance cameras are more commonly called 监控 (jiānkòng) in daily speech. 闭路电视 is the more technical/formal term and is widely used in Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Stroke Order

闭 bì

路 lù

电 diàn

视 shì