电 diàn
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 曰 — to speak
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
电
diàn
electricity
Character
Example phrases
- 这里没有电。 Zhèlǐ méiyǒu diàn. There's no electricity here.
- 我家有电。 Wǒ jiā yǒu diàn. We have electricity at home.
- 我家的电不多。 Wǒ jiā de diàn bù duō. We don't have much electricity at home.
- 电什么时候来？ Diàn shénme shíhou lái? When will the electricity come back?
- 今天家里有电吗？ Jīntiān jiālǐ yǒu diàn ma? Is there electricity at home today?
- 白天用电不多。 Báitiān yòng diàn bù duō. Not much electricity is used during the day.
- 家里有电就好了。 Jiālǐ yǒu diàn jiù hǎo le. It would be nice if we had electricity at home.
- 白天有电吗？ Báitiān yǒu diàn ma? Will there be electricity during the day?
- 家里没电了。 Jiālǐ méi diàn le. There's no electricity at home.
- 我们家晚上用电。 Wǒmen jiā wǎnshang yòng diàn. We use electricity at home in the evening.
Related words
- 打电话 dǎ diànhuà to make a phone call
- 电话 diànhuà telephone; phone call
- 电脑 diànnǎo computer
- 电视 diànshì television, TV
- 电视机 diànshìjī TV set
- 电影 diànyǐng film, movie
- 电影院 diànyǐngyuàn cinema
- 电视剧 diànshìjù television series
- 电视台 diànshìtái television station
- 电台 diàntái radio station
- 电子邮件 diànzǐ yóujiàn email
- 充电 chōngdiàn to charge