diàn = di + an4
lightning / electricity / electric (bound form) / to get (or give) an electric shock / phone call or telegram etc / to send via telephone or telegram etc
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How to pronounce 電

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= di initial

Di is for Dorothy Gale.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago
+ an4 final

In the anthill’s bathroom.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

電 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
= yu + Ø3
rain / CL:陣|阵[zhen4],場|场[chang2]
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= yu + Ø4
(literary) to rain / (of rain, snow etc) to fall / to precipitate / to wet
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diàn = di + an4
lightning / electricity / electric (bound form) / to get (or give) an electric shock / phone call or telegram etc / to send via telephone or telegram etc
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Characters with 電 as component

電 is not used as a component in another character.
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Words with 電

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AAA battery (PRC) / Taiwan equivalent: 四號電池|四号电池
C size battery (PRC) / AA battery (Taiwan) / see 二號電池|二号电池 (C battery in Taiwan) and 五號電池|五号电池 (AA battery in PRC)

Sentences with 電

電 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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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

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