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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
to recharge (a battery) / (fig.) to recharge one's batteries (through leisure) / to update one's skills and knowledge
HSK 4
to have a power failure / power cut
HSK 7-9
radio wave (astronomy)
positive charge (electricity)
to generate electricity / to send a telegram
HSK 6
household electric appliance / abbr. for 家用電器|家用电器
HSK 6
radio; wireless (i.e. the technology used in radio telecommunication) / a radio
HSK 7-9
lightning / CL:
HSK 4
alternating current
to charge (a battery)
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
color TV
HSK 7-9
photoelectric
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), founded in 1987 (abbr. for 台灣積體電路製造公司|台湾积体电路制造公司)
mini laptop or notebook (computer) / netbook / CL: 臺|台,
white goods (such as refrigerators and washing machines)
coded telegram / secret telegram
wind power
flashlight / torch
notebook (computer) / CL: 臺|台,
NEC (Nippon Electronic Company) / abbr. for 日電電子|日电电子
uncharged; electrically neutral
nuclear power
a telegram of condolence
to save electricity / power saving
to experience a power outage; to have a power failure
thermal power generation
hydroelectricity
negative electric charge
to send a telegram
unplugged (of rock musicians performing on acoustic instruments)
(Tw) onshore wind power
to have a power shortage
discharged / flat / dead (of batteries)
ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC)
to leak electricity / (fig.) (coll.) to unintentionally arouse romantic interest (by being solicitous etc) / cf. 放電|放电
proceeding at a tremendous pace / getting on like a house on fire
hydroelectric power / plumbing and electricity
to call sb back (on the phone) / a return call / to reply to a telegram / to wire back / a reply telegram
nuclear power generation
to flash / a flash (literary)
electrical discharge / (coll.) to lure / to entice
congratulatory telegram
HSK 7-9
to save electricity
to be electrified; to be charged; to be live
direct current
to set up an electric circuit / to electrify / to switch on / to be connected to an electricity grid / open telegram
radio and television / broadcasting
(of a circuit breaker or switch) to trip
electricity transmission / to transmit electricity
positive electric charge
to conduct electricity
machinery and power-generating equipment / electromechanical
electrical leakage
(Tw) (Internet slang) (loanword) goddamn
to supply electricity
diathermia (medical treatment involving local heating of body tissues with electric current)
thermal power
static electricity
to get an electric shock / to be electrocuted / electric shock
electric (apparatus) / electrified / having electricity supply (of a house)
white goods (abbr. for 白色家電|白色家电)
to phone / to telegram
piezoelectricity (physics)
post and telecommunications
onshore wind power
thunder and lightning
high voltage
power transformation
reports from foreign news agencies
to consume electricity / power consumption
negative electric charge
pyroelectric
atmospherics / static


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