电
Meaning
- lightning
- electricity
- electric (bound form)
Example sentence
电很有用。
Electricity is very useful.
The character 电
电 was lightning before it was electricity, and the hook at the foot is the bolt. Everything powered is built on it: 电话, 电脑, 电视, 电影, 电视台, and 打电话 is the verb that goes with the first.
Words containing 电
- 打电话 dǎ diàn huà to make a telephone call
- 电话 diàn huà telephone
- 电脑 diàn nǎo computer
- 电视 diàn shì television; TV
- 电视机 diàn shì jī television set
- 电影 diàn yǐng movie; film
- 电影院 diàn yǐng yuàn cinema; movie theater
- 电视剧 diàn shì jù TV series
- 电视台 diàn shì tái television station
- 电台 diàn tái transmitter-receiver
- 电子邮件 diàn zǐ yóu jiàn email
- 充电 chōng diàn to recharge (a battery)
- 充电器 chōng diàn qì battery charger
- 电灯 diàn dēng electric light
- 电动车 diàn dòng chē electric vehicle (commonly refers to e-bikes, scooters or electric cars)
- 电梯 diàn tī elevator
- 电源 diàn yuán electric power source
- 闪电 shǎn diàn lightning