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[1] electricity; electric; lightning [2] short for cable or telegram Stroke count: 13
Level: 1
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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電療
din6 liu4 = electrotherapy
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, fridge 國
嘥電
saai1 din6 = waste of electricity 粵
電燈
din6 dang1 = electric light; electric lamp
電梯
din6 tai1 = lift
電池
din6 ci4 = electric battery
電視
din6 si6 = television; TVSee all 463 compounds (CantoDict reports 518 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations) |
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Showing all 23 examples containing 電
嗰部手提電話壞咗 粵
That mobile phone is broken. [As in malfunctioning rather than being physically smashed.]
我哋要環保，所以唔好嘥電同水 粵
We need to protect the environment, so don't waste water and electricity. [You can interpolate a 咁多 with the added meaning of "so much" in between the verb and object. 我哋要環保，所以唔好嘥咁多電同水]
我每次見到佢﹐ 佢都係講緊電話。 粵
He's speaking on the phone whenever I see him. [English "whenever" = Cantonese "every time" (每次) + "is always" (都係)] Legend 國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese. 粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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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:
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Decimal representation of this word: 電
Unicode code for this character: U+96FB (off-site link)
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