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 电线杆 電線杆 diàn xiàn gān electric pole / telephone pole / lamppost / CL:根[gen1] 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 代步车 代步車 dài bù chē vehicle / (esp.) mobility vehicle (mobility scooter, electric wheelchair, Segway etc) 家电 家電 jiā diàn household electric appliance / abbr. for 家用電器|家用电器 syn 电动 電動 diàn dòng electric-powered / (Tw) video game syn 电气 電氣 diàn qì electricity / electric / electrical 电路 電路 diàn lù electric circuit 电流 電流 diàn liú an electric current / (old) current intensity 电缆 電纜 diàn lǎn (electric) cable syn 风扇 fēng shàn electric fan syn 家用电器 家用電器 jiā yòng diàn qì domestic electric appliance syn 电厂 電廠 diàn chǎng electric power plant 电动车 電動車 diàn dòng chē electric vehicle (scooter, bicycle, car etc) 电动机 電動機 diàn dòng jī electric motor syn 接地 jiē dì earth (electric connection) / to earth 电量 電量 diàn liàng quantity of electric charge 伺服 sì fú servo (small electric motor) / computer server 电光 電光 diàn guāng electric light / lightning / electro-optical 功耗 gōng hào electric consumption / power wastage 断开 斷開 duàn kāi to break / to sever / to turn off (electric switch) 两极 兩極 liǎng jí the two poles / the north and south poles / both ends of sth / electric or magnetic poles 触电 觸電 chù diàn to get an electric shock / to be electrocuted / electric shock syn 回路 huí lù to return / circuit (e.g. electric) / loop 手电筒 手電筒 shǒu diàn tǒng flashlight / electric hand torch syn 电击 電擊 diàn jī electric shock syn 电车 電車 diàn chē tram / streetcar / trolleybus / electric car / e-bike / (in the context of Japan) electric train 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 电灯 電燈 diàn dēng electric light / CL:盞|盏[zhan3] 千瓦 qiān wǎ kilowatt (unit of electric power) syn 插口 chā kǒu socket (for an electric plug) / to interrupt (sb speaking) / to butt in syn 电波 電波 diàn bō electric wave / alternating current syn 电线杆 電線桿 diàn xiàn gǎn electric pole / telephone pole / lamppost / CL:根[gen1] 滤波 濾波 lǜ bō to filter electric signals 电控 電控 diàn kòng electric control / electronic control 电风扇 電風扇 diàn fēng shàn electric fan / CL:架[jia4],臺|台[tai2] syn 电位 電位 diàn wèi electric potential / voltage 电炉 電爐 diàn lú electric stove / hot plate 通用电气 通用電氣 tōng yòng diàn qì General Electric (GE) 电荷 電荷 diàn hè electric charge 电场 電場 diàn chǎng electric field 电吉他 電吉他 diàn jí tā electric guitar 电扇 電扇 diàn shàn electric fan syn 电火花 電火花 diàn huǒ huā electric spark 逆变 逆變 nì biàn reversing (e.g. electric current) 电饭锅 電飯鍋 diàn fàn guō electric rice cooker 电焊 電焊 diàn hàn electric welding syn 整流器 zhěng liú qì rectifier (transforming alternating electric current to direct current) 电弧 電弧 diàn hú electric arc 电锯 電鋸 diàn jù electric saw (esp. electric chain saw) 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 电子器件 電子器件 diàn zǐ qì jiàn electric equipment syn 电杆 電桿 diàn gǎn electric pole / telegraph pole 电铃 電鈴 diàn líng electric bell 电热毯 電熱毯 diàn rè tǎn electric blanket 电钻 電鑽 diàn zuàn electric drill 电动葫芦 電動葫蘆 diàn dòng hú lu electric chain pulley block 电功率 電功率 diàn gōng lǜ electric power (measured in watts) 电烙铁 電烙鐵 diàn lào tie electric iron / electric soldering iron syn 负电 fù diàn negative electric charge syn 库仑 庫侖 kù lún coulomb (unit of electric charge) 电闸 電閘 diàn zhá electric switch / circuit breaker syn 电锅 電鍋 diàn guō (Tw) electric rice cooker 电门 電門 diàn mén electric switch syn 电椅 電椅 diàn yǐ electric chair (used to execute criminals) 电力网 電力網 diàn lì wǎng electric power grid / power grid 电钮 電鈕 diàn niǔ push button (electric switch) syn 电弧炉 diàn hú lú arc furnace / electric arc furnace 阳 陽 yáng positive (electric.) / sun / male principle (Taoism) / Yang, opposite: 陰|阴[yin1] syn 汽轮发电机 汽輪發電機 qì lún fā diàn jī steam turbine electric generator 闸 閘 zhá sluice / sluice gate / to dam up water / (coll.) brake / (coll.) electric switch syn 电鳗 電鰻 diàn mán electric eel 热得快 熱得快 rè de kuài immersion heater / electric heater for liquid 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 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 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 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 支光 zhī guāng watt, unit of power used for electric bulbs 有电 有電 yǒu diàn electric (apparatus) / electrified / having electricity supply (of a house) 松下公司 sōng xià gōng sī Panasonic Corporation (formerly Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.) 柴电机车 柴電機車 chái diàn jī chē diesel-electric locomotive 核电荷数 核電荷數 hé diàn hè shù electric charge on nucleus / atomic number 烤电 烤電 kǎo diàn diathermia (medical treatment involving local heating of body tissues with electric current) 闸盒 閘盒 zhá hé electric fusebox / switch box 电动转盘 電動轉盤 diàn dòng zhuàn pán an electric turntable 