发 fā
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 又 — and, also, again, in addition
发电
fādiàn
to generate electricity
Characters in this word
电 diàn
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 曰 — to speak
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 风力发电虽然受天气影响较大，但在沿海地区仍具有明显优势。 Fēnglì fādiàn suīrán shòu tiānqì yǐngxiǎng jiào dà, dàn zài yánhǎi dìqū réng jùyǒu míngxiǎn yōushì. Although wind power generation is greatly affected by weather, it still has clear advantages in coastal areas.
- 这个水电站靠河水发电，供应着整座城市。 Zhège shuǐdiànzhàn kào héshuǐ fādiàn, gōngyìng zhe zhěng zuò chéngshì. This hydropower station generates electricity from river water and supplies the whole city.
- 屋顶上装了太阳能板，晴天可以自己发电。 Wūdǐng shang zhuāng le tàiyángnéngbǎn, qíngtiān kěyǐ zìjǐ fādiàn. Solar panels are installed on the roof, so on sunny days it can generate its own electricity.
Related words
- 出发 chūfā to set out
- 发 fā to send; to hand out
- 发现 fāxiàn to discover; to find
- 头发 tóufa hair
- 发表 fābiǎo to publish; to express publicly
- 发出 fāchū to give off; to send out
- 发达 fādá developed; advanced
- 发动 fādòng to start; to launch
- 发明 fāmíng to invent; invention
- 发生 fāshēng to happen; to occur
- 发送 fāsòng to send
- 发言 fāyán to speak; to make a speech