正 zhèng straight / upright / proper / main / principal / to correct / to rectify / exactly / just (at that time) / right (in that place) / (math.) positive syn 肯定 kěn dìng to be certain / to be positive / assuredly / definitely / to give recognition / to affirm / affirmative (answer) syn 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 确信 確信 què xìn to be convinced / to be sure / to firmly believe / to be positive that / definite news syn 积极 積極 jī jí active / energetic / vigorous / positive (outlook) / proactive syn 电源 電源 diàn yuán electric power source 正面 zhèng miàn front / obverse side / right side / positive / direct / open syn 电击 電擊 diàn jī electric shock syn 效力 xiào lì effectiveness / positive effect / to serve (in some capacity) syn 阳性 陽性 yáng xìng positive / masculine 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) 好评 好評 hǎo píng favorable criticism / positive evaluation 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] 眉目 méi mu progress / prospect of solution / sign of positive outcome syn 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 电波 電波 diàn bō electric wave / alternating current syn 两性 兩性 liǎng xìng male and female / both types (acid and alkaline, positive and negative etc) / (chemistry) amphoteric 良性 liáng xìng positive (in its effect) / leading to good consequences / virtuous / (medicine) benign (tumor etc) 电钻 電鑽 diàn zuàn electric drill 正值 zhèng zhí just at the time of / honest / upright / (math.) positive value syn 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 自命 zì mìng to consider oneself to be (sth positive) syn 电厂 電廠 diàn chǎng electric power plant 气魄 氣魄 qì pò spirit / boldness / positive outlook / imposing attitude syn 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 单数 單數 dān shù positive odd number (also written 奇數|奇数) / singular (grammar) syn 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 正反 zhèng fǎn positive and negative / pros and cons / inside and outside 凶多吉少 兇多吉少 xiōng duō jí shǎo lit. everything bodes ill, no positive signs (idiom) / fig. inauspicious / everything points to disaster syn 正极 正極 zhèng jí positive pole 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 正数 正數 zhèng shù positive number 电铃 電鈴 diàn líng electric bell 电热毯 電熱毯 diàn rè tǎn electric blanket 利好 lì hǎo (finance) sth that engenders bullish sentiment / favorable news / (finance) (of news, data etc) favorable / positive 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 正负 正負 zhèng fù positive and negative 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 阳极 陽極 yáng jí anode / positive electrode / positive pole 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 阳离子 陽離子 yáng lí zǐ positive ion / cation (physics) syn 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) 正向 zhèng xiàng forward (direction) / positive (thinking, mood, values etc) 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) 呈阳性 呈陽性 chéng yáng xìng to test positive 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 正整数 正整數 zhèng zhěng shù positive integer 熔断 熔斷 róng duàn (of fuse wire) to melt / to blow / (fig.) to halt stock trading / (fig.) to suspend an airline from operating flights on a given route (as a penalty, e.g. for bringing in more than a specified number of passengers who test positive for COVID) 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 褒义 褒義 bāo yì commendatory sense / positive connotation 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 正离子 正離子 zhèng lí zǐ positive ion / cation (physics) syn 电锅 電鍋 diàn guō (Tw) electric rice cooker 