電

diàn

electricity; electric; lightning

How to write 電, stroke by stroke

lightning; electricity; electric (bound form); to get (or give) an electric shock; phone call or telegram etc; to send via telephone or telegram etc

Ideographic: A thunderbolt 电 cast by a storm cloud 雨

Made of 雨 + 电

電話diàn huàtelephone; phone call; phone number
打電話dǎ diàn huàto make a telephone call
電影diàn yǐngmovie; film
電視diàn shìtelevision; TV
電腦diàn nǎocomputer
電梯diàn tīelevator; escalator
無線電wú xiàn diànradio; wireless (i.e. the technology used in radio telecommunication); a radio
電臺diàn táitransmitter-receiver; broadcasting station; radio station
來電lái diànincoming telephone call (or telegram); to phone in; to send in a telegram; to have an instant attraction to sb; (of electricity, after an outage) to come back
電池diàn chíbattery; electric cell
電子diàn zǐelectronic; electron (particle physics)
電視台diàn shì táitelevision station

我昨天看了部很棒的電影。
wǒ zuó tiān kàn le bù hěn bàng de diàn yǐng 。
I watched a great movie yesterday.
不知道電腦好不好。
bù zhī dào diàn nǎo hǎo bu hǎo 。
I wonder if the PC is good.
他一坐下，就拿起了電話。
tā yí zuò xià ， jiù ná qǐ le diàn huà 。
As soon as he sat down, he picked up the telephone.
你每天晚上都看電視。
nǐ měi tiān wǎn shàng dōu kàn diàn shì 。
You watch TV every evening.
我坐電梯去了二樓。
wǒ zuò diàn tī qù le èr lóu 。
I took the lift to the second floor.