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movie; film / CL: , , , 場|场
HSK 1
computer / CL: 臺|台
HSK 1
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  *電* | 電* | *電
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
television; TV / CL: 臺|台,
HSK 1
to make a telephone call
HSK 1
television set / CL: 臺|台
HSK 1
cinema; movie theater / CL: ,
HSK 1
TV series / TV drama / CL:
HSK 3
television station
HSK 3
email / CL: ,
HSK 3
transmitter-receiver / broadcasting station / radio station / CL: 個|个,
HSK 3
HSK 3
electric power source
HSK 4
battery charger
HSK 4
lightning / CL:
HSK 4
electric vehicle (commonly refers to e-bikes, scooters or electric cars)
HSK 4
elevator / escalator / CL: 臺|台,
HSK 4
electric light / CL: 盞|盏
HSK 4
to recharge (a battery) / (fig.) to recharge one's batteries (through leisure) / to update one's skills and knowledge
HSK 4
HSK 5
electronic edition / digital version
HSK 5
electric rice cooker
HSK 5
electric-powered / (Tw) video game
HSK 6
(electrical) appliance / device
HSK 6
household electric appliance / abbr. for 家用電器|家用电器
HSK 6
to generate electricity / to send a telegram
HSK 6
electrical power / electricity
HSK 6
tram; streetcar / trolleybus / electric car / e-bike / (in the context of Japan) electric train
HSK 6
electricity generator / dynamo
HSK 7-9
radio; wireless (i.e. the technology used in radio telecommunication) / a radio
HSK 7-9
telecommunications
HSK 7-9
telecommunications / telecom
HSK 7-9
wire / power cord / CL:
HSK 7-9
to have a power failure / power cut
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
electricity grid; power grid / electrified wire netting
HSK 7-9
congratulatory telegram
HSK 7-9
telegram / cable / telegraph / CL: ,
HSK 7-9
electric bell
HSK 7-9
color TV
HSK 7-9
nuclear power plant
HSK 7-9
fast as lightning
electric (apparatus) / electrified / having electricity supply (of a house)
telegraph
telephone set
power distribution substation
lead-acid accumulator / battery (e.g. in car)
high voltage
(physics) superconductivity
electric circuit
(telephone) ring / ringing
quantity of electric charge
e-commerce (abbr. for 電子商務|电子商务) / (old) to negotiate by telegram or telephone
electric stove / hot plate
virtual circuit / VC
TV show
electrode
power cable (of an appliance etc)
geothermal electric power station
coded telegram / secret telegram
electromagnetism
Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK), public broadcaster
electronic keyboard (music)
USB flash drive; thumb drive
electronic / electron (particle physics)
electricity transmission / to transmit electricity
computer network / Internet
nuclear power plant
nuclear power
(Tw) ringback tone (heard by the originator of a telephone call)
printed circuit board
to send information using electronic means (such as fax, telegram, telex etc) / a message transmitted using electronic means / telex / teleprinter
integrated circuit
Van de Graaff generator
pyroelectric
electronic book / e-book / e-book reader
machinery and power-generating equipment / electromechanical
electromagnetic
to supply electricity
horror movie
gramophone / record player
static electricity
thunder and lightning
(transformer) substation
electric wave / alternating current
e-commerce
television program
accumulator / battery
home computer
to experience a power outage; to have a power failure
e-mail inbox
cult film
circuit box
rice cooker
electric fan
voltage
Nanjing Post and Communications University
electromagnetic force (physics)
electrical discharge / (coll.) to lure / to entice

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