能 néng
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- ⺼ — meat, flesh
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
能耗
nénghào
energy consumption
Characters in this word
耗 hào
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 耒 — plow
- Made of
- 耒 plow 毛 hair, fur, feathers
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这家数据中心通过液冷系统显著降低了整体能耗。 Zhè jiā shùjù zhōngxīn tōngguò yèlěng xìtǒng xiǎnzhù jiàngdī le zhěngtǐ nénghào. This data centre significantly reduced its overall energy consumption through a liquid-cooling system.
- 新冰箱的能耗比旧的低了一半。 Xīn bīngxiāng de nénghào bǐ jiù de dī le yí bàn. The new fridge uses half the energy of the old one.
- 为了降低能耗，办公室晚上会自动关灯。 Wèile jiàngdī nénghào, bàngōngshì wǎnshang huì zìdòng guān dēng. To reduce energy use, the office lights switch off automatically at night.