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电源

diàn yuán

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 電源

电源 (diàn yuán) means "electric power source". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 电源 means

1. electric power source

The characters in 电源

• 电diànlightning; electricity; electric (bound form)
• 源yuánroot; source; origin

Example sentences

• 电源转接器的包装盒在哪里？
  Where's the box the power supply came in?
• 我把果酱撒到电源插座上短路了。
  Wǒ bǎ guǒjiàng sǎ dào diànyuán chāzuò shàng duǎnlù le.
  I spilled jam on the electric outlet and there was a short circuit.
• 这个男人简直像一台被扯掉了电源的肮脏电器。
  This man is like a filthy electronic without a battery.
• 本来以为是开发板给我弄坏了，原来是电源线接触不良。
  At first I thought the development board was up the spout, but it was just a loose connection.
• 你知道如果你把泡菜插入电源插座，它会发光并且发出嗡嗡的声音吗？
  Nǐ zhīdào rúguǒ nǐ bǎ pàocài chārù diànyuánchāzuò, tā huì fāguāng bìngqiě fāchū wēngwēng de shēngyīn ma?
  Did you know that if you plug a pickle into an electrical outlet, it glows and makes buzzing noises?

Words starting with 电源

• 电源供应器diàn yuán gōng yìng qìpower supply unit
• 电源线diàn yuán xiànpower cable (of an appliance etc)
• 电源插座diàn yuán chā zuòelectric socket; power point

Words containing 电源

• 行动电源xíng dòng diàn yuán(Taiwan) power bank
• 移动电源yí dòng diàn yuánpower bank; portable charger

Sounds the same

Read diàn yuán, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 店员shop assistant; store clerk

Where 电源 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · diàn–tiáo (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
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