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  • 1

    n.electricity

    • wǒ men yǐ jīng sān tiān méi yǒu diàn le

      我们已经没有

      We have been out of power for three days.

    • suí shǒu guān dēng bù yào làng fèi diàn

      随手关灯浪费

      Don't leave the lights on it wastes electricity.

    • zhè lǐ hé shí tōng de diàn

      这里何时

      When did here first get electricity?

  • 2

    n.lightning

    • léi diàn

      thunder and lightning

    • shǎn diàn

      lightning

    • léi diàn jiāo jiā

      lightning accompanied by peals of thunders

  • 3

    v.give/get an electric shock

    • bèi diàn sǐ

      be killed by an electric shock

  • 4

    n.telegram; cable

    • zhì diàn

      send a telegram

    • jí diàn

      urgent telegram

    • yàn diàn

      message of condolences

    synonym
  • 5

    v.send a telegram

    • diàn hè

      send a congratulatory telegram

    • diàn gào

      telegraph

Words and phrases with 电

  • 电热
    [word]electric heat
  • 电路
    [word]circuit
  • 电灯
    [word]electric lamp
  • 电信
    [word]telecommunication
  • 电工
    [word]electrical engineering; electrician
  • 电话号码
    [word]phone number
  • 电机
    [word]electrical machinery
  • 电视
    [word]television; television images
  • 电源
    [word]main; devices for changing the form of electrical energy in electronic equipment
  • 电光石火
    [idiom]anything that vanishes in a flash
  • 电闪雷鸣
    [idiom]lose one's temper

Word usage

  • "电" is often matched with measure word "度".
    • one kilowatt hour

Similar-form characters to 电

Chinese Characters with pinyin diàn

  • shop; inn
  • put something under something else; pad
  • 殿
    hall; bring up the rear
  • establish; make offerings to the dead
  • precipitate; shallow lake