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电

diàn

HSK 1 Character Traditional 電

What 电 means

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

Example sentences

• 开电视。
  Turn on the TV.
• 接电话。
  Answer the phone.
• 打电话。
  Make a call.
• 关闭电视机
  Guānbì diànshìjī
  Turn off the TV.
• 我看电视。
  I watch television.
• 看电视吧。
  Let's watch TV.

Words starting with 电

• 电话diàn huàtelephone; phone call; phone number
• 电影diàn yǐngmovie; film
• 电脑diàn nǎocomputer
• 电视diàn shìtelevision; TV
• 电子diàn zǐelectronic; electron (particle physics)
• 电梯diàn tīelevator; escalator
• 电台diàn táitransmitter-receiver; broadcasting station; radio station
• 电池diàn chíbattery; electric cell
• 电源diàn yuánelectric power source
• 电视剧diàn shì jùTV series; TV drama
• 电视台diàn shì táitelevision station
• 电信diàn xìntelecommunications
• 电影院diàn yǐng yuàncinema; movie theater
• 电视机diàn shì jītelevision set
• 电器diàn qì(electrical) appliance; device
• 电车diàn chētram; streetcar; trolleybus; electric car
• 电力diàn lìelectrical power; electricity
• 电影节diàn yǐng jiéfilm festival
• 电报diàn bàotelegram; cable; telegraph
• 电路diàn lùelectric circuit
• 电线diàn xiànwire; power cord
• 电动diàn dòngelectric-powered; (Taiwan) video game
• 电灯diàn dēngelectric light
• 电气diàn qìelectricity; electric; electrical

Words containing 电

• 打电话dǎ diàn huàto make a telephone call
• 闪电shǎn diànlightning
• 充电器chōng diàn qìbattery charger
• 中央电视台Zhōng yāng Diàn shì táiChina Central Television (CCTV), PRC state TV network
• 来电lái diànincoming telephone call (or telegram); to phone in; to send in a telegram…
• 家电jiā diànhousehold electric appliance; abbr. for 家用电器
• 停电tíng diànto have a power failure; power cut
• 彩电cǎi diàncolor television (abbr. for 彩色电视
• 无线电wú xiàn diànradio; wireless (i.e. the technology used in radio telecommunication); a radio
• 水电shuǐ diànhydroelectric power; plumbing and electricity
• 充电chōng diànto recharge (a battery); (fig.) to recharge one's batteries (through leisure)…
• 致电zhì diànto phone; to telegram
• 发电fā diànto generate electricity; to send a telegram
• 供电gōng diànto supply electricity
• 机电jī diànmachinery and power-generating equipment; electromechanical
• 通电话tōng diàn huàto phone sb up
• 长途电话cháng tú diàn huàlong-distance phone call
• 拍电影pāi diàn yǐngto make a movie
• 有线电视yǒu xiàn diàn shìcable television
• 手电筒shǒu diàn tǒngflashlight; electric hand torch
• 广播电台guǎng bō diàn táiradio station; broadcasting station
• 触电chù diànto get an electric shock
• 广电guǎng diànradio and television; broadcasting
• 手电shǒu diànflashlight; torch

Characters that look like 电

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 包bāoto cover; to wrap; to hold
• 先xiānbeforehand; first; earlier; at first; originally; for the time being; for now
• 毛máohair; feather; down
• 朱zhūvermilion
• 甩shuǎito throw; to fling; to swing
• 屯túnto station (soldiers); to store up; village

Sounds the same

Read diàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 店inn; old-style hotel; (bound form) shop; store
• 殿palace hall
• 垫pad; cushion; mat
• 奠to fix; to settle; a libation to the dead
• 惦to think of; to remember; to miss
• 淀(bound form) shallow lake (usu. in place names)
• 甸suburbs or outskirts; one of the five degrees of official mourning attire in dynastic…
• 靛indigo pigment
• 佃to rent farmland from a landlord
• 钿to inlay with gold, silver etc; ancient inlaid ornament shaped as a flower
• 扂door latch
• 玷blemish; disgrace; flaw in jade