diàn

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  1. 1. lightning
  2. 2. electricity
  3. 3. electric (bound form)
  4. 4. to get (or give) an electric shock
  5. 5. phone call or telegram etc
  6. 6. to send via telephone or telegram etc

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Words Containing 电

来电
lái diàn

incoming telephone call (or telegram)

停电
tíng diàn

to have a power failure

充电
chōng diàn

to recharge (a battery)

充电器
chōng diàn qì

battery charger

彩电
cǎi diàn

color TV

打电话
dǎ diàn huà

to make a telephone call

核电站
hé diàn zhàn

nuclear power plant

无线电
wú xiàn diàn

wireless

发电
fā diàn

to generate electricity

发电机
fā diàn jī

electricity generator

贺电
hè diàn

congratulatory telegram

闪电
shǎn diàn

lightning

电信
diàn xìn

telecommunications

电力
diàn lì

electrical power

电动
diàn dòng

electric-powered

电器
diàn qì

(electrical) appliance

电报
diàn bào

telegram

电子
diàn zǐ

electronic

电子版
diàn zǐ bǎn

electronic edition

电子邮件
diàn zǐ yóu jiàn

email

电影
diàn yǐng

movie; film

电影院
diàn yǐng yuàn

cinema; movie theater

电梯
diàn tī

elevator

电池
diàn chí

battery

电源
diàn yuán

electric power source

电灯
diàn dēng

electric light

电网
diàn wǎng

electricity grid; power grid

电线
diàn xiàn

wire

电脑
diàn nǎo

computer

电台
diàn tái

transmitter-receiver

电视
diàn shì

television; TV

电视剧
diàn shì jù

TV series

电视机
diàn shì jī

television set

电视台
diàn shì tái

television station

电讯
diàn xùn

telecommunications

电话
diàn huà

telephone

电车
diàn chē

trolleybus

电铃
diàn líng

electric bell

电饭锅
diàn fàn guō

electric rice cooker

一号电池
yī hào diàn chí

D size battery

七号电池
qī hào diàn chí

AAA battery (PRC)

三号电池
sān hào diàn chí

C size battery (PRC) (Taiwan equivalent: 二號電池|二号电池[èr hào diàn chí])

不带电
bù dài diàn

uncharged; electrically neutral

不插电
bù chā diàn

unplugged (of rock musicians performing on acoustic instruments)

中国中央电视台
zhōng guó zhōng yāng diàn shì tái

China Central Television (CCTV), PRC state TV network

中国国际广播电台
zhōng guó guó jì guǎng bō diàn tái

China Radio International

中国无线电频谱管理和监测
zhōng guó wú xiàn diàn pín pǔ guǎn lǐ hé jiān cè

China state radio regulation committee SRRC

中国电信
zhōng guó diàn xìn

China Telecom (Chinese company providing mobile phone service)

中国电视公司
zhōng guó diàn shì gōng sī

China Television Company (CTV), Taiwan

中央广播电台
zhōng yāng guǎng bō diàn tái

Radio Taiwan International (RTI)

中央电视台
zhōng yāng diàn shì tái

China Central Television (CCTV), PRC state TV network

中复电讯
zhōng fù diàn xùn

Zoomflight Telecom (Chinese company)

中华电视
zhōng huá diàn shì

Chinese Television System (CTS), Taiwan

事件相关电位
shì jiàn xiāng guān diàn wèi

(neuroscience) event-related potential

二号电池
èr hào diàn chí

PRC equivalent: 三號電池|三号电池[sān hào diàn chí]

互动电视
hù dòng diàn shì

interactive TV

五号电池
wǔ hào diàn chí

AA battery (PRC)

交换虚电路
jiāo huàn xū diàn lù

Switched Virtual Circuit

交流电
jiāo liú diàn

alternating current

交变流电
jiāo biàn liú diàn

alternating current

交变电流
jiāo biàn diàn liú

alternating current (electricity)

人工电子耳
rén gōng diàn zǐ ěr

cochlear implant

介电常数
jiè diàn cháng shù

dielectric constant

来电显示
lái diàn xiǎn shì

caller ID

供电
gōng diàn

to supply electricity

个人电脑
gè rén diàn nǎo

personal computer

偏置电流
piān zhì diàn liú

bias current (electronics)

偏置电阻
piān zhì diàn zǔ

bias impedance (electronics)

传呼电话
chuán hū diàn huà

neighborhood telephone, with sb in charge of notifying others when they receive a call

传真电报
chuán zhēn diàn bào

phototelegram

价电子
jià diàn zǐ

valency electron

充电宝
chōng diàn bǎo

portable charger

兆电子伏
zhào diàn zǐ fú

mega electron volt (MeV) (unit of energy equal to 1.6 x 10⁻¹³ joules)

光纤电缆
guāng xiān diàn lǎn

optical fiber

光电
guāng diàn

photoelectric

光电二极管
guāng diàn èr jí guǎn

photodiode

光电子
guāng diàn zǐ

photoelectron

光电效应
guāng diàn xiào yìng

photoelectric effect

公共交换电话网路
gōng gòng jiāo huàn diàn huà wǎng lù

public switched telephone network

公用交换电话网
gōng yòng jiāo huàn diàn huà wǎng

public switched telephone network

公用电话
gōng yòng diàn huà

public phone

公众电信网路
gōng zhòng diàn xìn wǎng lù

public telephone network

分流电路
fēn liú diàn lù

shunt circuit

北京电影学院
běi jīng diàn yǐng xué yuàn

Beijing Film Academy

半岛电视台
bàn dǎo diàn shì tái

Al Jazeera (Arabic news network)

南京邮电大学
nán jīng yóu diàn dà xué

Nanjing Post and Communications University

印刷电路板
yìn shuā diàn lù bǎn

printed circuit board

印制电路
yìn zhì diàn lù

printed circuit

印制电路板
yìn zhì diàn lù bǎn

printed circuit board

原子能发电站
yuán zǐ néng fā diàn zhàn

atomic power station

反电子
fǎn diàn zǐ

positron

受电弓
shòu diàn gōng

pantograph (transportation)

可视电话
kě shì diàn huà

videophone

台式电脑
tái shì diàn nǎo

desktop computer

吉电子伏
jí diàn zǐ fú

giga electron volt GeV (unit of energy equal to 1.6 x 10⁻¹⁰ joules)

同轴电缆
tóng zhóu diàn lǎn

coaxial cable

唁电
yàn diàn

a telegram of condolence

单向电流
dān xiàng diàn liú

(elec.) unidirectional current

四号电池
sì hào diàn chí

PRC equivalent: 七號電池|七号电池[qī hào diàn chí]

回电
huí diàn

to call sb back (on the phone)

固定电话
gù dìng diàn huà

landline telephone

固网电信
gù wǎng diàn xìn

landline (fixed-line) telecommunications

国家广播电视总局
guó jiā guǎng bō diàn shì zǒng jú

National Radio and Television Administration (NRTA), formerly SAPPRFT, the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television (2013-2018) and SARFT, the State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television (prior to 2013)

国家电力监管委员会
guó jiā diàn lì jiān guǎn wěi yuán huì

State Electricity Regulatory Commission (PRC)

国家电网公司
guó jiā diàn wǎng gōng sī

State Grid Corporation of China

国美电器
guó měi diàn qì

GOME Electrical Appliances (founded in Beijing, 1987)

国际文传电讯社
guó jì wén chuán diàn xùn shè

Interfax, Russian non-governmental news agency

国际电信联盟
guó jì diàn xìn lián méng

International Telecommunications Union

国际电报电话咨询委员会
guó jì diàn bào diàn huà zī xún wěi yuán huì

International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee (CCITT)

国际电话
guó jì diàn huà

international call

地热发电厂
dì rè fā diàn chǎng

geothermal electric power station

地热电站
dì rè diàn zhàn

geothermal electric power station

坐电梯
zuò diàn tī

to take an elevator

垃圾电邮
lā jī diàn yóu

see 垃圾郵件|垃圾邮件[lā jī yóu jiàn]

压电
yā diàn

piezoelectricity (physics)

压电体
yā diàn tǐ

piezo-electric

外电
wài diàn

reports from foreign news agencies

天电
tiān diàn

atmospherics

太阳能电池
tài yáng néng diàn chí

solar cell

太阳电池
tài yáng diàn chí

solar cell

太阳电池板
tài yáng diàn chí bǎn

solar panel

失调电压
shī tiáo diàn yā

offset voltage

家用电器
jiā yòng diàn qì

domestic electric appliance

家用电脑
jiā yòng diàn nǎo

home computer

密码电报
mì mǎ diàn bào

coded telegram

密电
mì diàn

coded telegram

宽银幕电影
kuān yín mù diàn yǐng

wide-screen movie

射电
shè diàn

radio wave (astronomy)

射电望远镜
shè diàn wàng yuǎn jìng

radio telescope

专用集成电路
zhuān yòng jí chéng diàn lù

application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC)

对方付款电话
duì fāng fù kuǎn diàn huà

collect call

对方付费电话
duì fāng fù fèi diàn huà

collect call

对讲电话
duì jiǎng diàn huà

intercom

导电
dǎo diàn

to conduct electricity

导电性
dǎo diàn xìng

conductivity (elec.)

小笔电
xiǎo bǐ diàn

mini laptop or notebook (computer)

小电驴
xiǎo diàn lǘ

(coll.) electric scooter; electric moped

带电
dài diàn

to electrify

带电粒子
dài diàn lì zǐ

electrically charged particles

平板电脑
píng bǎn diàn nǎo

tablet computer (iPad, Android devices etc)

广播电台
guǎng bō diàn tái

radio station

广电
guǎng diàn

radio and television

广电总局
guǎng diàn zǒng jú

formerly SAPPRFT, the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television (2013-2018) and SARFT, the State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television (prior to 2013)

弱电统一
ruò diàn tǒng yī

electro-weak interaction in fermion particle physics

彩电视
cǎi diàn shì

color TV

微电子
wēi diàn zǐ

microelectronics

微电子学
wēi diàn zǐ xué

microelectronics

微电脑
wēi diàn nǎo

microcomputer

心电图
xīn diàn tú

electrocardiogram (ECG)

心电感应
xīn diàn gǎn yìng

telepathy

恐怖电影
kǒng bù diàn yǐng

horror movie

手提电脑
shǒu tí diàn nǎo

portable computer

手电
shǒu diàn

flashlight

手电筒
shǒu diàn tǒng

flashlight

扣式电池
kòu shì diàn chí

button cell

拍电
pāi diàn

to send a telegram

拍电影
pāi diàn yǐng

to make a movie

掌上电脑
zhǎng shàng diàn nǎo

handheld computer

掌握电脑
zhǎng wò diàn nǎo

PDA

掣电
chè diàn

to flash

摩斯电码
mó sī diàn mǎ

Morse code

摩尔斯电码
mó ěr sī diàn mǎ

Morse code

放电
fàng diàn

electrical discharge

教育电视
jiào yù diàn shì

Educational Television (Hong Kong)

数字电视
shù zì diàn shì

digital television

数字电路
shù zì diàn lù

digital circuit

新城电台
xīn chéng diàn tái

Metro Radio Hong Kong

断电
duàn diàn

to experience a power outage; to have a power failure

日本电报电话公司
rì běn diàn bào diàn huà gōng sī

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT)

日电
rì diàn

NEC (Nippon Electronic Company)

日电电子
rì diàn diàn zǐ

NEC (Nippon Electronic Company)

星流电击
xīng liú diàn jī

meteor shower and violent thunderclaps (idiom); omens of violent development

有线电视
yǒu xiàn diàn shì

cable television

有轨电车
yǒu guǐ diàn chē

streetcar

有电
yǒu diàn

electric (apparatus)

东方明珠电视塔
dōng fāng míng zhū diàn shì tǎ

Oriental Pearl Television Tower

松下电器
sōng xià diàn qì

Panasonic Corporation (formerly Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.)

松下电气工业
sōng xià diàn qì gōng yè

Matsushita Electronics Industry

柴电机车
chái diàn jī chē

diesel-electric locomotive

核发电
hé fā diàn

nuclear power generation

核发电厂
hé fā diàn chǎng

nuclear power plant

核电
hé diàn

nuclear power

核电厂
hé diàn chǎng

nuclear power plant

核电磁脉冲
hé diàn cí mài chōng

nuclear electro-magnetic pulse

核电荷数
hé diàn hè shù

electric charge on nucleus

桌上型电脑
zhuō shàng xíng diàn nǎo

desktop computer

机电
jī diàn

machinery and power-generating equipment

欧洲电视
ōu zhōu diàn shì

European TV

正负电子
zhèng fù diàn zǐ

electrons and positrons

正电
zhèng diàn

positive charge (electricity)

正电子
zhèng diàn zǐ

positron (antiparticle of the electron)

正电子断层
zhèng diàn zǐ duàn céng

PET, positron emission tomography (medical imaging method)

正电子照射断层摄影
zhèng diàn zǐ zhào shè duàn céng shè yǐng

positrion emission tomography (PET)

正电子发射层析
zhèng diàn zǐ fā shè céng xī

positron emission tomography (PET)

正电子发射断层照相术
zhèng diàn zǐ fā shè duàn céng zhào xiāng shù

positron emission tomography (PET)

正电子发射计算机断层
zhèng diàn zǐ fā shè jì suàn jī duàn céng

PET, positron emission tomography (medical imaging method)

正电子发射体层
zhèng diàn zǐ fā shè tǐ céng

PET, positron emission tomography (medical imaging method)

每日电讯报
měi rì diàn xùn bào

Daily Telegraph (newspaper)

水上电单车
shuǐ shàng diàn dān chē

see 水上摩托車|水上摩托车[shuǐ shàng mó tuō chē]

水力发电
shuǐ lì fā diàn

hydroelectricity