电 (電) diàn
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diàn
noun
electricity
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Physics
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '電'; Guoyu '電' n 1; Unihan '電'; XHZD '电' 1, p. 147) -
diàn
verb
to give an electric shock
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Guoyu '電' v 1; XHZD '电' 3, p. 147) -
diàn
verb
to send a telegraph
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Guoyu '電' v 2; XHZD '电' 5, p. 147) -
diàn
noun
lightning
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '電' 1, p. 87; Unihan '電'; XHZD '电' 2, p. 147) -
diàn
noun
a telephone call; a telegraph; a telegram
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: For example, 贺电 congratulatory telegram (Guoyu '電' n 2; XHZD '电' 4, p. 147) -
diàn
adverb
in a flash [of time]; instantly
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '電' adv 1; Kroll 2015 '電' 2, p. 87) -
diàn
noun
electricity (emotion)
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Guoyu '電' n 3) -
diàn
adverb
lively
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 明快 (Guoyu '電' adv 2)
Contained in
- 拍电影(拍電影) to make a movie
- 介电质(介電質) dielectric
- 电影界(電影界) moviedom; the world of movies; film circles
- 阴电(陰電) negative electric charge
- 雷电(雷電) thunder and lightning ; formidable power and influence
- 电视台(電視臺) television station ; television station
- 心电感应(心電感應) telepathy
- 电钮(電鈕) push button; electric switch
- 移动电话(移動電話) cell phone; cellular phone; mobile phone
- 发电(發電) to generate electricity ; to send a telegram
- 电影制作(電影製作) filmmaking
- 电木(電木) bakelite (early plastic)
- 电冰箱(電冰箱) refrigerator
- 唁电(唁電) a telegram of condolence
- 掣电(掣電) to flash ; rapidly ; taking a very short time
- 蓄电池(蓄電池) rechargeable battery
- 闪电战(閃電戰) blitzkrieg; blitz
- 吉电子伏(吉電子伏) giga electron volt GeV (unit of energy equal to 1.6 x 10-10 Joules)
- 电磁相互作用(電磁相互作用) electromagnetic interaction (between particles); electromagnetic force
- 三立电视(三立電視) Sanlih E-Television
- 脑电图(腦電圖) electroencephalogram (EEG)
- 函电(函電) correspondence; letters and telegrams
- 星流电击(星流電擊) meteor shower and violent thunderclaps; omens of violent development; portentous signs
- 同轴电缆(同軸電纜) coaxial cable
- 电磁理论(電磁理論) electromagnetism; electromagnetic theory
- 致电(致電) send a telegram; to give a phone call
- 电话会议(電話會議) (telephone) conference call
- 电视节目(電視節目) television program
- 电子空间(電子空間) cyberspace
- 电话服务(電話服務) telephone service
- 射电(射電) radio wave
- 电报(電報) telegram; cable; telegraph
- 电感(電感) inductance
- 外电(外電) news from foreign news agencies
- 电键(電鍵) electric key; switch
- 电路(電路) an electric circuit
- 电磁波(電磁波) an electromagnetic wave
- 电荷耦合(電荷耦合) electric charge coupling
- 电脑断层扫描(電腦斷層掃描) CAT scan; CT scan
- 发电厂(發電廠) power plant
- 电镀(電鍍) electroplating; electroplated
- 带电(帶電) to electrify; to charge; electrification; live (as in live wire)
- 充电(充電) to recharge
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- 卷五十五 Scroll 55 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 9
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- 卷五十四 Scroll 54 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 6
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Collocations
- 震电 (震電) 爗爗震電 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧節南山之什‧十月之交 Minor odes of the kingdom - Jie Nan Shan Zhi Shen - Shi Yue Zhi Jiao — count: 34
- 电发 (電髮) 雲合電發 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷八十七 揚雄傳 下 Volume 87b: Yang Xiong 2 — count: 12
- 电激 (電激) 風颺電激 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷一百上 敍傳 Volume 100a: Afterword and Family History 1 — count: 5
- 奔电 (奔電) 追奔電 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷六十四下 嚴朱吾丘主父徐嚴終王賈傳 Volume 64b: an, Zhu, Wuqiu, Zhufu, Xu, Yan, Zhong, Wang and Jia 2 — count: 4
- 电骛 (電騖) 驍騎電騖 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷四十下 班彪列傳 Volume 40b: Biography of Ban Biao 2 — count: 3
- 电迈 (電邁) 星奔電邁 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷五十八 吳書十三 陸遜傳 Volume 58: Book of Wu 13 - Biography of Lu Xun — count: 3
- 电扫 (電掃) 電掃群孽 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷十八 吳蓋陳臧列傳 Volume 18: Biographies of Wu, Gai, Chen, Zang — count: 3
- 飞电 (飛電) 翻飛電發 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷四十五 蜀書十五 鄧張宗楊傳 Volume 45: Book of Shu 15 - Biographies of Deng, Zhang, Zong, and Yang — count: 3
- 电赴 (電赴) 吳之三師承命電赴 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷四十二 蜀書十二 杜周杜許孟來尹李譙郤傳 Volume 42: Book of Shu 12 - Biographies of Du, Zhou, Du, Xu, Meng, Lai, Yin, Li, Qiao, and Xi — count: 3
- 电过 (電過) 蒞颯卉翕熛至電過兮 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《司馬相如列傳》 Biography of Sima Xiangru — count: 3