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Meaning of 电

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电 (Trad.: 電)HSK 1
Pinyin: diàn
English Definition: lightning; electricity; electric (bound form); to get (or give) an electric shock; phone call or telegram etc; to send via telephone or telegram etc
Chinese Definition:
①物理学现象,可通过化学的或物理的方法获得的一种能,用以使灯发光、机械转动等:电力。电能。电热。电台。
②阴雨天,空中云层放电时发出的光:闪电。雷电。
③指电报:通电。贺电。
④指打电报:电邀。电汇。电告。
⑤遭受电流打击:电了我一下。
Total strokes: 5; Radical: 田
Ideographic:Simplified form of 電; lightning 申 from a storm cloud 雨
Character Formation:
  • ⿻ Overlaid
    • 曰 [ yuē ] to speak; to say
    • 乚 [ gōu ] secret, hidden, mysterious; small, minute; to conceal
Similar Characters: 申
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Example Words
电话 diàn huà telephone; Classifiers: 部 ; phone number
电影HSK 1 diàn yǐng movie; film; Classifiers: 部
电视HSK 1 diàn shì television; TV; Classifiers: 台
电子 diàn zǐ electronic; electron (particle physics)
电脑HSK 1 diàn nǎo computer; Classifiers: 台
More:电* | *电 | *电*
Example Sentences
1
他看电影
。
He watches movies.
2
我喜欢看电视
。
I like to watch TV.
3
我喜欢看电影
。
I like watching movies.
4
我常常看电视
。
I often watch TV.
5
爸爸正在看电视
Dad is watching TV