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  din6   jyutping
  dian4   pinyin
[1] electricity; electric; lightning [2] short for cable or telegram

Stroke count: 13
Level: 1
Radical: (#173)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
電 / 电

This word has been viewed 25507 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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detail  din6 liu4  dian4 liao2 = electrotherapy
detail  din6 lik6  dian4 li4 = electric power
detail  din6 nou5  dian4 nao3 = computer
detail  din6 waa6*2  dian4 hua4 = telephone; phone call; phone number
detail  din6 bing1 soeng1  dian4 bing1 xiang1 = refrigerator, fridge
detail  saai1 din6   = waste of electricity
detail  din6 dang1  dian4 deng1 = electric light; electric lamp
detail  din6 tai1  dian4 ti1 = lift
detail  din6 ci4  dian4 chi2 = electric battery
detail  din6 si6  dian4 shi4 = television; TV
See all 463 compounds (CantoDict reports 518 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 23 examples containing 電
detail audio 點解打電話畀佢第二日
Why don't you phone her and tell her to change it to another day?
detail audio 唔記得手提電話
Oh! I've forgotten to bring my mobile phone.
detail audio 手提電話
The mobile phone is out of battery.
detail 我們電腦遊戲!
Let's play video games!
detail audio 呢排成日睇電視
Recently I've been watching tv all day.
detail audio 手提電話擺喺
I put my mobile phone here
detail audio 一定要睇電視
I must watch TV!
[(spoken by someone obviously addicted to TV!)]
detail audio 睇電視唔得!
I need to watch TV!
[Literally "I cannot not watch TV".]
detail audio 聖誕期間電視好多!
There are lots of good films on TV at Christmas!
detail 聖誕期間電視很多好看電影
There are lots of good films on TV at Christmas!
detail audio 嗰部手提電話壞咗
That mobile phone is broken.
[As in malfunctioning rather than being physically smashed.]
detail audio 留低電話號碼
Please leave a telephone number.
detail 電話醫生
She has phoned the doctor.
[咗 is a marker for perfective aspect. ]
detail 我哋環保所以唔好嘥電
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]
detail 每次見到都係講緊電話
He's speaking on the phone whenever I see him.
[English "whenever" = Cantonese "every time" (每次) + "is always" (都係)]
detail audio 噙晚過電畀我
Last night you phoned me.
detail 包括水電費房子
I want to rent a house that has utilities included.
detail 電車男封閉青年
The "train man" is a loner
detail 什麼品牌電視機?
What brand (type) of TV do you want?
detail audio 公司專門生產電腦
The company specializes in producing computers.
detail 快啲電話牽腸掛肚
Give her a call. Don't make her worry.
detail 消防員救出被困電梯
Fire fighters rescued three people trapped inside a lift.
detail 電飯煲唔好𠱂書檯上便
Don't choose to put the rice cooker on the desk.

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