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HSK
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *电* | 电* | *电
lightning / electricity / electric (bound form) / to get (or give) an electric shock / phone call or telegram etc / to send via telephone or telegram etc
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *传* | 传* | *传
to pass on / to spread / to transmit / to infect / to transfer / to circulate / to conduct (electricity)
HSK 3
electrical power / electricity
HSK 6
to generate electricity / to send a telegram
HSK 6
electricity generator / dynamo
HSK 7-9
to limit the flow of passengers, customers or vehicles / to limit the spread of sensitive content / (electricity) current limiting / (computer networking) rate limiting
static electricity
to end; to close / (electricity) cut-off
HSK 6
(electricity) bridge rectifier
conductor (of electricity or heat)
incoming telephone call (or telegram) / to phone in; to send in a telegram / to have an instant attraction to sb / (of electricity, after an outage) to come back
HSK 7-9
(electricity) line; circuit; wire / (traffic) road; track; route
HSK 6
to supply electricity
alternating current (electricity)
to establish ties; to contact / (electricity) to connect (components) in series
to have no contact with / to be cut off from / (electricity) to insulate
HSK 7-9
accumulator; battery (for storing electricity)
to conduct electricity
electricity pylon / transmission tower
electricity transmission / to transmit electricity
to conduct (heat, electricity etc)
to open up a path / to make one's way through / to construct a road / (electricity) open circuit
electricity / electric / electrical
to leak electricity / (fig.) (coll.) to unintentionally arouse romantic interest (by being solicitous etc) / cf. 放電|放电
electricity grid; power grid / electrified wire netting
HSK 7-9
price of electricity
to save electricity
(electricity) rotor
hydroelectric power / plumbing and electricity
to save electricity / power saving
shortage of electricity
commutation (electricity)
Faraday (name) / Michael Faraday (1791-1867), British experimental physicist prominent in the development of electricity
to set up an electric circuit / to electrify / to switch on / to be connected to an electricity grid / open telegram
positive charge (electricity)
inverter, device that converts AC electricity to DC and vice versa
multifunction meter (e.g. for gas and electricity supply)
electricity hog; electricity guzzler
(of a ship, train etc) not carrying any load (i.e. no passengers or freight etc) / (electricity) no-load (used to describe the condition of a transformer when there is no load connected to its secondary coil)
State Electricity Regulatory Commission (PRC)
to consume electricity / power consumption
nonconductor (of electricity, heat etc)
(electricity) stator
conductor of electricity
electric (apparatus) / electrified / having electricity supply (of a house)
to torture sb using electricity / electrocution (capital punishment)


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