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Radical:
Structure:Single-component character
Strokes:
5
Traditional:
電
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Chinese dictionary
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n.electricity
我们已经三天没有电了。
We have been out of power for three days.
随手关灯，不要浪费电。
Don't leave the lights on it wastes electricity.
这里何时通的电？
When did here first get electricity?
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n.lightning
雷电
thunder and lightning
闪电
lightning
雷电交加
lightning accompanied by peals of thunders
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v.give/get an electric shock
被电死
be killed by an electric shock
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n.telegram; cable
致电
send a telegram
急电
urgent telegram
唁电
message of condolences
synonym
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v.send a telegram
电贺
send a congratulatory telegram
电告
telegraph
Words and phrases with 电
- 电阻[word]resistance; device possessing such resistance
- 电车[word]tramcar; trolleybus
- 电影院[word]cinema
- 电子邮件[word]e-mail
- 电话会议[word]telephone conference
- 电力[word]power
- 电厂[word]generating plant
- 电报[word]telegraph; use telegraph facilities to transmit texts, pictures, charts, etc.
- 电池[word]cell
- 电光石火[idiom]anything that vanishes in a flash
- 电闪雷鸣[idiom]lose one's temper
Word usage
- common measure word"电" is often matched with measure word "度".
一度电
one kilowatt hour