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| 電 | |
din6
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[1] electricity; electric; lightning [2] short for cable or telegram Stroke count: 13
Level: 1
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| This character was last edited on 4th May 2008 | |
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電力
din6 lik6 = electric power
電腦
din6 nou5 = computer
電話
din6 waa6*2 = telephone; phone call; phone number
電冰箱
din6 bing1 soeng1 = refrigerator國
嘥電
saai1 din6 = waste of electricity粵
電燈
din6 dang1 = electric light; electric lamp
電池
din6 ci4 = battery
電視
din6 si6 = television; TV
電台
din6 toi4 = radio channel/station
電線
din6 sin3 = electrical wireSee all 406 compounds |
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Showing 10 of 15 examples containing 電
我們來玩電腦遊戲吧! 國
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Let's play video games!
呢排我成日都睇電視 粵
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Recently I've been watching tv all day.
我將個手提電話擺喺度 粵
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I put my mobile phone here
我一定要睇電視 粵
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I must watch TV! [(spoken by someone obviously addicted to TV!)]
我唔睇電視唔得喇! 粵
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I need to watch TV! [Literally "I cannot not watch TV".]
聖誕期間﹐電視有好多好戲睇! 粵
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There are lots of good films on TV at Christmas!
聖誕期間，電視上播很多好看的電影 國
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There are lots of good films on TV at Christmas!
嗰部手提電話壞咗 粵
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That mobile phone is broken. [As in malfunctioning rather than being physically smashed.]
噙晚你打過電話畀我 粵
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Last night you phoned me.
我想租一間包括水電費的房子。 國
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I want to rent a house that has utilities included. Show all 15 examples Legend 國 : Written Chinese only 粵 : Spoken Cantonese only |
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Decimal representation of this word: 電
Unicode code for this character: U+96FB (off-site link)
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HTML Code to link to this word:
<a href="http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/40/" class="chinesemed" target="_blank">電</a>
Decimal representation of this word: 電
Unicode code for this character: U+96FB (off-site link)
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