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Radical 73 · 5 strokes

electricity

HSK 1 (3.0)6 meanings#6163
MEANING6 meanings

MEANING

  1. noun

    electricity

    利用电子流动产生的能量lìyòng diànzǐ liúdòng chǎnshēng de néngliàng

    • This light has run out of battery.

    • The power went out, and the entire building was plunged into darkness.

  2. noun

    electric (bound form)

    与电有关的能量形式;电流通过时产生的力量yǔ diàn yǒuguān de néngliàng xíngshì; diànliú tōngguò shíjiān chǎnshēng de lìliàng

    • The light has stopped working.

    • The power suddenly went out in this building.

  3. verb

    to get (or give) an electric shock

    受到电流冲击shòudào diànliú chōngjī

    • Be careful, don't get an electric shock on your hand!

    • That wire was exposed and I accidentally got shocked.

  4. noun

    phone call or telegram etc

    通过电线传送的能量或信号;也指电话、电报等通信方式tōngguò diànxiàn chuánhuà de néngliàng huò xìnhào;yě zhǐ diànhuà、diànbào děng tōngxìn fāngshì

    • I'll give you a call.

    • She received an urgent telegram yesterday.

  5. verb

    to send via telephone or telegram etc

    用电话或电报传送信息yòng diànhuà huò diànbào chuánsòng xìnxī

    • He sent me a telegram.

    • Please immediately wire the latest situation to headquarters.

  6. noun

    lightning

    天空中产生的闪光和声音现象tiānkōng zhōng chǎnshēng de shanǎnguāng hé shēngyīn xiànxiàng

    • The lightning was very bright.

    • A flash of lightning lit up the sky, followed by a tremendous crack of thunder.

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A flash of lightning bursts bright through the clouds—that is electricity itself!

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