Word: 電 (diàn)

電 is how 电 is written in traditional characters. These are the example sentences on the site that use it, written the same way.

Simplified: 电

電 dictionary entry

diàn: lightning; electricity; electric (bound form); to get (or give) an electric shock; phone call or telegram etc; to send via telephone or telegram etc

Full dictionary entry for 電

Example sentences using 電

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以前，這個房子沒有電。

Yǐqián, zhège fángzi méiyǒu diàn.

In the past, this house didn't have electricity.
你們做飯用天然氣還是用電？

Nǐmen zuòfàn yòng tiānránqì háishi yòng diàn?

Do you cook by gas or electricity?
她認為他是在浪費電。

Tā rènwéi tā shì zài làngfèi diàn.

She thought that he was wasting electricity.
很快電就又來了。

Hěn kuài diàn jiù yòu láile.

The electricity came on again in a few minutes.
我們沒有電。

Wǒmen méiyǒu diàn.

We have no electricity.
我的手機沒電了。

Wǒ de shǒujī méi diàn le.

My phone is out of battery.
我的電池沒電了。

Wǒ de diànchí méi diàn le.

My battery is dead.
我計算機的電池沒電了。

Wǒ jìsuànjī de diànchí méi diàn le.

The batteries in my calculator are dead.
機器發了很多電。

Jīqì fāle hěn duō diàn.

The machine generated large amounts of electricity.
電影院離電車站近嗎？

Diànyǐngyuàn lí diàn chēzhàn jìn ma?

Is the movie theater near the station?
電池快沒電了。

Diànchí kuài méi diàn le.

The battery is low.
電池沒電了。

Diànchí méi diàn le.

The battery died.
電結他的聲音和木結他不同。

Diàn jié tā de shēngyīn hé mù jié tā bùtóng.

An electric guitar doesn't sound the same as an acoustic one.
請節約用電。

Qǐng jiéyuē yòng diàn.

Please save electricity.
車發動不了因為電池沒電了。

Chē fādòng bù liǎo yīnwèi diànchí méi diàn le.

The car won't start because the battery has run down.
這些電池都沒電了。

Zhèxiē diànchí dōu méi diàn le.

These batteries are all dead.
那些電池沒電了。

Nèixiē diànchí méi diàn le.

The batteries died.
那臺機器可以發很多電。

Nà tái jīqì kěyǐ fā hěn duō diàn.

The machine generates a lot of electricity.
隨便亂弄電是危險的。

Suíbiàn luàn nòng diàn shì wēixiǎn de.

It's dangerous to fool around with electricity.