电 meaning and pronunciation

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电 English definition

diàn

  • electric
  • electricity
  • electrical

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Characters with the same pronunciation

  • : farmer;
  • : stand for goblets;
  • : pad; cushion; mat; to pad out; to fill a gap; to pay for sb; to advance (money);
  • : to fix; to settle; a libation to the dead;
  • : shop; store; inn; CL:家[jia1];
  • : to think of; to remember; to miss;
  • : door latch;
  • 殿 : palace hall;
  • : shallow water;
  • : blemish; disgrace; flaw in jade;
  • : suburbs or outskirts; one of the five degrees of official mourning attire in dynastic China; official in charge of fields (old);
  • : malarial fever;
  • : erythema; leucoderm;
  • : stone wedge;
  • : fine woven grass mat;
  • : to inlay with gold, silver etc; ancient inlaid ornament shaped as a flower;
  • : dangerous; also pr. [yan2];
  • : indigo pigment;

Sentences examples with 电

  • 我想打电话。
    Wǒ xiǎng dǎdiànhuà.
  • 我很少看电影。
    Wǒ hěnshǎo kàndiànyǐng.
  • 我的电脑里有好多的东西。
    Wǒ de diànnǎo li yǒu hǎoduō de dōngxī.
  • 昨天我看电视了。
    Zuótiān wǒ kàn diànshìle.
  • 他在打电话呢。
    Tā zài dǎ diànhuà ne.

Words containing 电, by HSK level