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diàn

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diàn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
diàn | dian4
English translation
electric
electricity
electrical
electricity; electric; lightning

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About diàn

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Number of strokes

5

Traditional form

diàn

Contains the radical

yuē

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

Simplified form of diàn ; lightning  Shēn from a storm cloud

Etymology of diàn

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

曰乚

Explanation

Originally a variant form of Shēn , a pictograph of a lightning bolt. The traditional form diàn adds the (rain) component.

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Example sentences using diàn

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diǎn 起脚 cái 勉强 miǎnqiǎng gòu zhāo 电钮 diàn niǔ .

By standing on tip - toe, I managed to reach the button.

wèi 摄影师 shè yǐng shī 电灯 diàn dēng de 保险丝 bǎo xiǎn sī shāo duàn le , 使 shǐ zhěng dòng 房子 fáng zi 陷于 xiàn yú 黑暗 hēi àn 当中 dāng zhōng .

A photographer had fused the lights, engulfing the entire house darkness.

这道虽然 suīrán 错综复杂 cuò zōng fù zá , dàn yòng 电子计算机 diàn zǐ jì suàn jī 很快 jiù Néng Xiè chū .

Although the problem is intricate and complex, it can be solved very quickly with an electronic computer.

刚才 gāngcái 打电话 dǎdiànhuà de 敢情 gǎn qing shì 小王 de 姐姐 jiějie ya !

So it was Xiao Wang's elder sister who called just now.

富兰克林 Fù lán kè lín de 实验 shíyàn 表明 biǎomíng 闪电 shǎndiàn shì zhǒng 放电 fàng diàn .

Franklin's experiments showed that the lightning is an electrical discharge.

Words with diàn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
电话 diàn huà telephone電話
打电话 dǎdiànhuà to make a telephone call打電話
电影 diànyǐng movie電影
diàn electric diàn
电视 diànshì TV電視
电脑 diànnǎo computer電腦
电子 diàn zǐ electronic電子
电力 diàn lì electricity電力
电梯 diàntī elevator電梯
电信 diàn xìn telecommunications電信
电视台 diàn shì tái television station電視臺
电视剧 diàn shì jù TV play電視劇
电池 diànchí battery電池
电台 diàntái transmitter-receiver電臺
电器 diàn qì device電器
闪电 shǎndiàn lightning閃電
电源 diànyuán electric power source電源
来电 lái diàn incoming telegram or telephone call來電
电视机 diàn shì jī television set電視機
无线电 wú xiàn diàn wireless無線電
电动 diàn dòng electric-powered電動
供电 gōng diàn to supply electricity供電
发电 fā diàn to send a telegram發電
停电 tíng diàn power cut停電
电影院 diàn yǐng yuàn cinema電影院

diàn Decomposition & Compounds

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diàn Decomposition

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diàn Compounds

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  • diàn
    • yǎn
    • lóng
      • lóng , lóng ,
    • miǎn
    • guī , zào , shéng , , diàn ,
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