电 電 diàn lightning / electricity / electric (bound form) / to get (or give) an electric shock / phone call or telegram etc / to send via telephone or telegram etc syn 电源 電源 diàn yuán electric power source 电击 電擊 diàn jī electric shock syn 电流 電流 diàn liú an electric current / (old) current intensity 电车 電車 diàn chē tram / streetcar / trolleybus / electric car / e-bike / (in the context of Japan) electric train 电缆 電纜 diàn lǎn (electric) cable syn 手电筒 手電筒 shǒu diàn tǒng flashlight / electric hand torch syn 电动 電動 diàn dòng electric-powered / (Tw) video game syn 电路 電路 diàn lù electric circuit 风扇 fēng shàn electric fan syn 电锯 電鋸 diàn jù electric saw (esp. electric chain saw) 电气 電氣 diàn qì electricity / electric / electrical 电线杆 電線桿 diàn xiàn gǎn electric pole / telephone pole / lamppost / CL:根[gen1] 断开 斷開 duàn kāi to break / to sever / to turn off (electric switch) 电灯 電燈 diàn dēng electric light / CL:盞|盏[zhan3] 触电 觸電 chù diàn to get an electric shock / to be electrocuted / electric shock syn 通电 通電 tōng diàn to set up an electric circuit / to electrify / to switch on / to be connected to an electricity grid / open telegram 电量 電量 diàn liàng quantity of electric charge 回路 huí lù to return / circuit (e.g. electric) / loop 鳗鱼 鰻魚 mán yú eel syn 电波 電波 diàn bō electric wave / alternating current syn 电钻 電鑽 diàn zuàn electric drill 电闸 電閘 diàn zhá electric switch / circuit breaker syn 电动车 電動車 diàn dòng chē electric vehicle (scooter, bicycle, car etc) 两极 兩極 liǎng jí the two poles / the north and south poles / both ends of sth / electric or magnetic poles 电厂 電廠 diàn chǎng electric power plant 家电 家電 jiā diàn household electric appliance / abbr. for 家用電器|家用电器 syn 电光 電光 diàn guāng electric light / lightning / electro-optical 电风扇 電風扇 diàn fēng shàn electric fan / CL:架[jia4],臺|台[tai2] syn 电荷 電荷 diàn hè electric charge 电场 電場 diàn chǎng electric field 电扇 電扇 diàn shàn electric fan syn 接地 jiē dì earth (electric connection) / to earth 电动机 電動機 diàn dòng jī electric motor syn 伺服 sì fú servo (small electric motor) / computer server 电炉 電爐 diàn lú electric stove / hot plate 家用电器 家用電器 jiā yòng diàn qì domestic electric appliance syn 千瓦 qiān wǎ kilowatt (unit of electric power) syn 电弧 電弧 diàn hú electric arc 电子器件 電子器件 diàn zǐ qì jiàn electric equipment syn 电铃 電鈴 diàn líng electric bell 电热毯 電熱毯 diàn rè tǎn electric blanket 电火花 電火花 diàn huǒ huā electric spark 插口 chā kǒu socket (for an electric plug) / to interrupt (sb speaking) / to butt in syn 电焊 電焊 diàn hàn electric welding syn 整流器 zhěng liú qì rectifier (transforming alternating electric current to direct current) 鳝鱼 鱔魚 shàn yú eel syn 负电 fù diàn negative electric charge syn 电杆 電桿 diàn gǎn electric pole / telegraph pole 电烙铁 電烙鐵 diàn lào tie electric iron / electric soldering iron syn 电控 電控 diàn kòng electric control / electronic control 电位 電位 diàn wèi electric potential / voltage 电饭锅 電飯鍋 diàn fàn guō electric rice cooker 电功率 電功率 diàn gōng lǜ electric power (measured in watts) 库仑 庫侖 kù lún coulomb (unit of electric charge) 功耗 gōng hào electric consumption / power wastage 电线杆 電線杆 diàn xiàn gān electric pole / telephone pole / lamppost / CL:根[gen1] 滤波 濾波 lǜ bō to filter electric signals 通用电气 通用電氣 tōng yòng diàn qì General Electric (GE) 电吉他 電吉他 diàn jí tā electric guitar 黄鳝 黃鱔 huáng shàn Asian swamp eel (Monopterus albus) (CL:條|条[tiao2]) syn 逆变 逆變 nì biàn reversing (e.g. electric current) 松下电器 松下電器 sōng xià diàn qì Panasonic Corporation (formerly Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.) 绕组 繞組 rào zǔ coil (in electric motor or transformer) syn 灯头 燈頭 dēng tóu electric light socket / burner (component of a kerosene lamp) / light (as a countable item, e.g. number of lights fitted in a house) 电杆 電杆 diàn gān electric pole / telephone pole 电动葫芦 電動葫蘆 diàn dòng hú lu electric chain pulley block 阳 陽 yáng positive (electric.) / sun / male principle (Taoism) / Yang, opposite: 陰|阴[yin1] syn 电椅 電椅 diàn yǐ electric chair (used to execute criminals) 闸 閘 zhá sluice / sluice gate / to dam up water / (coll.) brake / (coll.) electric switch syn 鳗 鰻 mán (bound form) eel (Anguilla japonica) syn 鳗鲡 鰻鱺 mán lí eel / Japanese freshwater eel (Anguilla japonica) syn 电力网 電力網 diàn lì wǎng electric power grid / power grid 电门 電門 diàn mén electric switch syn 电钮 電鈕 diàn niǔ push button (electric switch) syn 鳝 鱔 shàn Chinese yellow eel syn 电锅 電鍋 diàn guō (Tw) electric rice cooker 代步车 代步車 dài bù chē vehicle / (esp.) mobility vehicle (mobility scooter, electric wheelchair, Segway etc) 电弧炉 diàn hú lú arc furnace / electric arc furnace 汽轮发电机 汽輪發電機 qì lún fā diàn jī steam turbine electric generator 鲡 鱺 lí eel 热得快 熱得快 rè de kuài immersion heater / electric heater for liquid 鱓 shàn variant of 鱔|鳝, eel 鲈鳗 鱸鰻 lú mán (Tw) giant mottled eel (Anguilla marmorata), aka swamp eel or marbled eel / (coll.) (alternative for the nearly homonymous 流氓[liu2 mang2]) gangster 电雷管 diàn léi guǎn electric detonator / electric primer 小电驴 小電驢 xiǎo diàn lǘ (coll.) electric scooter / electric moped / (dialect) scooter 管圆线虫 管圓線蟲 guǎn yuán xiàn chóng "eel worm", a parasitic worm carrying meningitis 康吉鳗 康吉鰻 kāng jí mán conger eel / European conger 鼬鳚 pink cusk-eel 海洋地震拖缆 海洋地震拖纜 streamer / seismic cable / eel 拖缆 拖纜 tuō lǎn streamer / seismic cable / eel 澳洲鳗鲡 澳洲鰻鱺 ào zhōu mán lí short-finned eel (Anguilla australis) 黑鳗 黑鰻 hēi mán short-finned eel (Anguilla australis) 芦鳗 蘆鰻 lú mán variant of 鱸鰻|鲈鳗[lu2 man2], giant mottled eel (Anguilla marmorata) 并激 並激 bìng jī parallel excitation / shunt excitation / shunt-wound (e.g. electric generator) 通用电器 通用電器 tōng yòng diàn qì General Electric (GE) 阳电荷 陽電荷 yáng diàn hè positive electric charge 柴电 柴電 chái diàn diesel-electric 电力机车 電力機車 diàn lì jī chē electric locomotive 