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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
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
elevator / escalator / CL: 臺|台,
HSK 4
electric power source
HSK 4
electric light / CL: 盞|盏
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
tram; streetcar / trolleybus / electric car / e-bike / (in the context of Japan) electric train
HSK 6
electrical power / electricity
HSK 6
electric-powered / (Tw) video game
HSK 6
(electrical) appliance / device
HSK 6
telegram / cable / telegraph / CL: ,
HSK 7-9
electricity grid; power grid / electrified wire netting
HSK 7-9
wire / power cord / CL:
HSK 7-9
telecommunications / telecom
HSK 7-9
electric bell
HSK 7-9
telecommunications
HSK 7-9
electron cloud
electricity / electric / electrical
electrochemistry
electronic music (genre)
electronic / electron (particle physics)
telephone line
(electrical) resistance
quantity of electric charge
electric charge
inductance
accumulator; battery (for storing electricity)
voltage
to electroplate
an electric current / (old) current intensity
electrical machinery
price of electricity
electric circuit
bakelite (early plastic) / also written 膠木|胶木
electric saw (esp. electric chain saw)
electromagnetic
ion / ionized (e.g. gas)
electric light / lightning / electro-optical
capacitance
(electric) cable
electric wave / alternating current
electrical conductance
electrician / electrical engineering / electrical work (in a house)
battery-powered vehicle
video gaming (as a sport) / e-sports (abbr. for 電子競技|电子竞技)
a power station / an electricity generating plant
electric potential / voltage
electrical heating
electrode
electric welding
electrical energy
power meter / ammeter / amperemeter / wattmeter / kilowatt-hour meter
electric pole / telephone pole
electric pole / telegraph pole
electric stove / hot plate
electric control; electronic control
plasma (physics)
electric blanket
electric shock
reactance
flashlight
multimedia education (abbr. for 電化教育|电化教育)
electrophoresis
to inform by telegraph, telephone etc
electrotherapy
telegraphic transfer (TT)
video game
electric switch
electrical engineering
beautiful, expressive eyes
electric fan
electric drill
to send information using electronic means (such as fax, telegram, telex etc) / a message transmitted using electronic means / telex / teleprinter
electric eel
electric mill (for grinding wheat etc)
(coll.) flashlight / (Tw) stun baton / (Tw) hair iron; hair tongs
electric switch / circuit breaker
tourmaline
to torture sb using electricity / electrocution (capital punishment)
email / abbr. for 電子郵件|电子邮件
light bulb
electric chair (used to execute criminals)
electric key / switch
electricity hog; electricity guzzler
push button (electric switch)
e-commerce (abbr. for 電子商務|电子商务) / (old) to negotiate by telegram or telephone
a telegraph condolence / to send a message of condolence by telegram

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