電
diàn HSK1

electricity

电 電 diàn
[electric] adjectivenoun
(bound form) related to electricity or powered by electricity
electricity noun
electricity; electric power; a form of energy used to power lighting, heating, and machinery

房子里没有电。

fáng​zi li méi​yǒu diàn.

There is no electricity in the house.

lightning noun
lightning; the flash of light seen during a storm
to contact by wire verb
to send a telegram or to make a telephone call

立即致电银行。

lì​jí zhì diàn yín​háng.

Call the bank immediately.

telegram verbnoun
a telegram, telephone call, or news dispatch; used as a shortened form for electronic communications
to shock verb
to get or give an electric shock
spark
a romantic attraction or spark between two people
fast
lightning-fast; swift; rapid
surname
a Chinese surname
clear-sighted
clear; brilliant; penetrating (of judgment or vision)

Cross-References

Referenced by

Frequency
Character
Written text
230th most common 950.0 per million
Movie subtitles
140th most common 1286.9 per million appears in 93% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
46.2 per million appears in 16% of films
Written text
314.2 per million

Details
HSK 3.0
Level 1
Simplified
电
Strokes
13
Unicode
U+96FB

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)