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电

Traditional (Taiwan): 電

On the HSK 3 vocabulary list, at CEFR level A2.

diàn ㄉㄧㄢˋ

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

Classifiers (measure words)

  • 一度电 dù one kilowatt-hour of electricity (everyday)
  • 一千瓦时电 qiānwǎshí one kilowatt-hour of electricity (technical unit)

Other words read diàn

In the same tone

  • 殿 diàn palace hall
  • 店 diàn inn
  • 垫 diàn pad
  • 靛 diàn indigo pigment
  • 佃 diàn rent farmland from a landlord

All 20 words read diàn

dian with other tones

  • 点 diǎn point
  • 典 diǎn canon
  • 滇 diān short name for Yunnan 云南 yúnnán
  • 颠 diān top
  • 碘 diǎn iodine

All 37 words read dian in any tone

How 电 is written

    部首 radical
    田
    笔画 strokes
    5
    结构 structure
    镶嵌结构
    偏旁 parts
    曰乚

    Words with 电

    Starting with 电

    All 297 words starting with 电

    Ending with 电

    • 无线电 wúxiàndiàn radio
    • 发电 fādiàn generate electricity
    • 机电 jīdiàn electromechanical
    • 水电 shuǐdiàn hydroelectric power
    • 闪电 shǎndiàn lightning

    All 76 words ending with 电

    Containing 电

    • 打电话 dǎdiànhuà make a telephone call
    • 水电站 shuǐdiànzhàn hydroelectric power plant
    • 集成电路 jíchéngdiànlù integrated circuit
    • 中央电视台 zhōngyāngdiànshìtái China Central Television (CCTV), PRC state TV network
    • 核电站 hédiànzhàn nuclear power plant

    All 232 words containing 电

    Example sentences and grammar articles using 电

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