"KTV" meaning in Chinese

See KTV in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: Late 1980s Taiwanese Pseudo-English initialism from Japanese カラオケ (karaoke) + English TV. Modelled after the earlier MTV "movie TV", which in turn repurposed the initialism from the earlier meaning "music TV", copied from the American cable TV network of that name. Etymology templates: {{compound|zh|カラオケ|TV|lang1=ja|lang2=en|tr1=karaoke}} Japanese カラオケ (karaoke) + English TV Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} KTV
  1. KTV; karaoke box, a karaoke club/bar
    Sense id: en-KTV-zh-noun-raR6jHLe
  2. KTV; karaoke television, karaoke machine
    Sense id: en-KTV-zh-noun-VGu84p~k Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Chinese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 18 32 4 13 8 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 35 2 12 7 24 Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 34 59 7
  3. karaoke
    Sense id: en-KTV-zh-noun-9fGYUbeO
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      },
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Late 1980s Taiwanese Pseudo-English initialism from Japanese カラオケ (karaoke) + English TV. Modelled after the earlier MTV \"movie TV\", which in turn repurposed the initialism from the earlier meaning \"music TV\", copied from the American cable TV network of that name.",
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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "KTV; karaoke box, a karaoke club/bar"
      ],
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          "karaoke box",
          "karaoke box"
        ],
        [
          "karaoke",
          "karaoke"
        ],
        [
          "club",
          "club"
        ],
        [
          "bar",
          "bar"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "_dis": "18 32 4 13 8 25",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
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          "_dis": "34 59 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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      ],
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          "karaoke",
          "karaoke"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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}
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    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese nouns",
    "Chinese terms derived from English",
    "Chinese terms derived from Japanese",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Requests for pronunciation in Mandarin entries"
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      },
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      ],
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          "KTV",
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        ],
        [
          "karaoke box",
          "karaoke box"
        ],
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          "karaoke"
        ],
        [
          "club",
          "club"
        ],
        [
          "bar",
          "bar"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "KTV; karaoke television, karaoke machine"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "KTV",
          "KTV#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
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      ],
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        [
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          "karaoke"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "KTV"
}

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