电 diàn
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 曰 — to speak
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
电线
diànxiàn
electric wire; power cable
Characters in this word
线 xiàn
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 纟 — silk
- Made of
- 纟 silk 戋 small, narrow
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 暴风雨过后，街口有几根电线垂落，警方立即封锁了现场。 Bàofēngyǔ guòhòu, jiēkǒu yǒu jǐ gēn diànxiàn chuíluò, jǐngfāng lìjí fēngsuǒ le xiànchǎng. After the storm, several power cables were hanging down at the street corner, so the police immediately cordoned off the scene.
- 小鸟站在电线上唱歌。 Xiǎoniǎo zhàn zài diànxiàn shàng chànggē. A little bird is standing on the wire, singing.
- 这根电线太旧了，应该马上换新的。 Zhè gēn diànxiàn tài jiù le, yīnggāi mǎshàng huàn xīn de. This wire is too old and should be replaced right away.
Related words
- 打电话 dǎdiànhuà to make a phone call
- 电 diàn electricity
- 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 diànzǐyóujiàn email