电

Lightning in Chinese: 电 (diàn)

diàn

lightning

HSK 3.0 Level 1Traditional: 電1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1lightning
  2. 2electricity
  3. 3electric (bound form)
  4. 4to get (or give) an electric shock
  5. 5phone call or telegram etc
  6. 6to send via telephone or telegram etc

Stroke order

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电

Zhuyin

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ㄉㄧㄢˋ

diàn

ㄉ/ dㄧ/ iㄢ/ anˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

电

Simplified

電

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 我家没有电了。

    wǒ jiā méi yǒu diàn le。

    There's no electricity in my house anymore.

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Related words

电脑

diàn nǎo

computer

电视

diàn shì

television

电影

diàn yǐng

movie

电梯

diàn tī

elevator

电子

diàn zǐ

electronic

电池

diàn chí

battery

电台

diàn tái

transmitter-receiver

闪电

shǎn diàn

lightning

电话

diàn huà

telephone

充电

chōng diàn

to recharge (a battery)

电灯

diàn dēng

electric light

电源

diàn yuán

electric power source

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