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 机动 機動 jī dòng locomotive / motorized / power-driven / adaptable / flexible (use, treatment, timing etc) syn 电路 電路 diàn lù electric circuit 机车 機車 jī chē locomotive / train engine car / (Tw) scooter / (Tw) (slang) hard to get along with / to be a pain in the ass / (Tw) damn! / crap! syn 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 驾驶室 駕駛室 jià shǐ shì cab (of a locomotive, truck etc) / driver's compartment / wheelhouse 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 火车头 火車頭 huǒ chē tóu train engine / locomotive 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) 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 机务段 機務段 jī wù duàn locomotive depot 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 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 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 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 电鳗 電鰻 diàn mán electric eel 热得快 熱得快 rè de kuài immersion heater / electric heater for liquid 柴电机车 柴電機車 chái diàn jī chē diesel-electric locomotive 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 机关车 機關車 jī guān chē locomotive 蒸汽机车 蒸汽機車 zhēng qì jī chē steam locomotive 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 电联车 電聯車 diàn lián chē electric 伴热 伴熱 bàn rè electric heat tracing / steam tracing (for maintaining the temperature of pipes etc) 地热发电厂 地熱發電廠 dì rè fā diàn chǎng geothermal electric power station 地热电站 地熱電站 dì rè diàn zhàn geothermal electric power station 压电体 壓電體 yā diàn tǐ piezo-electric 强流 強流 qiáng liú high current (e.g. electric) 手打 shǒu dǎ hand typewriter (as opposed to electric typewriter), abbr. for 手打字機|手打字机 手打字机 手打字機 shǒu dǎ zì jī hand typewriter (as opposed to electric typewriter) 挡位 擋位 dǎng wèi (in a manual car) gear (i.e. reverse, neutral, 1st, 2nd etc) / (automatic car) transmission mode (P, R, N, D etc) / (electric fan, cooker etc) setting / mode 