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  *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
telephone / CL: / phone call / CL: / phone number
HSK 1
movie; film / CL: , , , 場|场
HSK 1
computer / CL: 臺|台
HSK 1
television; TV / CL: 臺|台,
HSK 1
to make a telephone call
HSK 1
cinema; movie theater / CL: ,
HSK 1
television set / CL: 臺|台
HSK 1
transmitter-receiver / broadcasting station / radio station / CL: 個|个,
HSK 3
TV series / TV drama / CL:
HSK 3
email / CL: ,
HSK 3
television station
HSK 3
HSK 3
lightning / CL:
HSK 4
elevator / escalator / CL: 臺|台,
HSK 4
electric power source
HSK 4
to recharge (a battery) / (fig.) to recharge one's batteries (through leisure) / to update one's skills and knowledge
HSK 4
electric light / CL: 盞|盏
HSK 4
battery charger
HSK 4
electric vehicle (commonly refers to e-bikes, scooters or electric cars)
HSK 4
HSK 5
electric rice cooker
HSK 5
electronic edition / digital version
HSK 5
household electric appliance / abbr. for 家用電器|家用电器
HSK 6
to generate electricity / to send a telegram
HSK 6
tram; streetcar / trolleybus / electric car / e-bike / (in the context of Japan) electric train
HSK 6
electrical power / electricity
HSK 6
(electrical) appliance / device
HSK 6
electric-powered / (Tw) video game
HSK 6
color TV
HSK 7-9
radio; wireless (i.e. the technology used in radio telecommunication) / a radio
HSK 7-9
telegram / cable / telegraph / CL: ,
HSK 7-9
electricity grid; power grid / electrified wire netting
HSK 7-9
wire / power cord / CL:
HSK 7-9
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
to have a power failure / power cut
HSK 7-9
congratulatory telegram
HSK 7-9
electricity generator / dynamo
HSK 7-9
telecommunications / telecom
HSK 7-9
electric bell
HSK 7-9
nuclear power plant
HSK 7-9
telecommunications
HSK 7-9
interactive TV
Xidian University
National Radio and Television Administration (NRTA), formerly SAPPRFT, the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television (2013-2018) and SARFT, the State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television (prior to 2013)
electron cloud
electrochemistry
electronic music (genre)
electronic / electron (particle physics)
telephone line
escalator
area code / telephone dialing code
hydroelectric power / plumbing and electricity
(electrical) resistance
printed circuit board
geothermal electric power station
D size battery
radio and television / broadcasting
white goods (abbr. for 白色家電|白色家电)
electric charge
pyroelectric
to set up an electric circuit / to electrify / to switch on / to be connected to an electricity grid / open telegram
virtual circuit / VC
(physics) superconductor
inductance
accumulator; battery (for storing electricity)
voltage
electromotive force
to electroplate
an electric current / (old) current intensity
electricity / electric / electrical
electrical machinery
price of electricity
to save electricity / power saving
electric circuit
bakelite (early plastic) / also written 膠木|胶木
photoelectric
electric saw (esp. electric chain saw)
light bulb
portable computer
electromagnetic
machinery and power-generating equipment / electromechanical
electric light / lightning / electro-optical
transceiver / radio frequency receiver, broadcaster or relay
capacitance
(electric) cable
to call sb back (on the phone) / a return call / to reply to a telegram / to wire back / a reply telegram
post and telecommunications
to phone / to telegram
electrical conductance
electrician / electrical engineering / electrical work (in a house)
battery-powered vehicle
electrolyte
Matsushita Electronics Industry
video gaming (as a sport) / e-sports (abbr. for 電子競技|电子竞技)
static electricity
power shovel
to inform by telegraph, telephone etc
a power station / an electricity generating plant
to be electrified; to be charged; to be live

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