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 diàn qì electricity / electric / electrical
 diàn lightning / electricity / electric (bound form) / to get (or give) an electric shock / phone call or telegram etc / to send via telephone or telegram etc
 diàn lián chē electric
 yǒu diàn electric (apparatus) / electrified / having electricity supply (of a house)
 diàn yuán electric power source
 jiā diàn household electric appliance / abbr. for 家用電器|家用电器
 diàn lù electric circuit
 diàn liú electric current
 fēng shàn electric fan
 jiā yòng diàn qì domestic electric appliance
 diàn chǎng electric power plant
 diàn dòng jī electric motor
 diàn liàng quantity of electric charge or current
 sì fú servo (small electric motor) / computer server
 diàn guāng electric light / lightning / electro-optical
 gōng hào electric consumption / power wastage
 liǎng jí the two poles / the north and south poles / both ends of sth / electric or magnetic poles
 chù diàn to get an electric shock / to be electrocuted / electric shock
 duàn diàn power cut / electric power failure
 shǒu diàn tǒng flashlight / electric hand torch
 diàn jī electric shock
 tōng diàn to set up an electric circuit / to electrify / to switch on / to be connected to an electricity grid / open telegram
 diàn dēng electric light / CL:盞|盏[zhan3]
 qiān wǎ kilowatt (unit of electric power)
 chā kǒu socket (for an electric plug) / to interrupt (sb speaking) / to butt in
 diàn bō electric wave / alternating current
线 diàn xiàn gǎn electric pole / telephone pole / lamppost / CL:根[gen1]
线 diàn xiàn gān electric pole / telephone pole / lamppost / CL:根[gen1]
 diàn kòng electric control
 diàn fēng shàn electric fan / CL:架[jia4],臺|台[tai2]
 diàn wèi electric potential / voltage
 diàn lú electric stove / hot plate
 Tōng yòng Diàn qì General Electric (GE)
 diàn hè electric charge
 diàn chǎng electric field
 diàn jí tā electric guitar
 diàn shàn electric fan
 diàn huǒ huā electric spark
 nì biàn reversing (e.g. electric current)
 diàn fàn guō electric rice cooker
 diàn hàn electric welding
 zhěng liú qì rectifier (transforming alternating electric current to direct current)
 diàn hú electric arc
 diàn jù electric saw (esp. electric chain saw)
 Sōng xià Diàn qì Panasonic Corporation (formerly Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.)
 rào zǔ coil (in electric motor or transformer)
 diàn zǐ qì jiàn electric equipment
 dēng tóu electric light socket / burner (component of a kerosene lamp) / light (as a countable item, e.g. number of lights fitted in a house)
 diàn gǎn electric pole / telegraph pole
 diàn gān electric pole / telephone pole
 diàn líng electric bell
 diàn rè tǎn electric blanket
 diàn zuàn electric drill
线 wú xiàn diàn bō radio waves / wireless electric wave
 diàn dòng hú lu electric chain pulley block
 diàn gōng lu:4 electric power (measured in watts)
 diàn lào tie electric iron / electric soldering iron
 fù diàn negative electric charge
 Kù lún coulomb (unit of electric charge)
 diàn zhá electric switch / circuit breaker
 diàn guō electric rice cooker (Tw)
 diàn mén electric switch
 dài bù chē vehicle / (more specifically) mobility vehicle (mobility scooter, electric wheelchair, Segway etc)
 diàn yǐ electric chair (used to execute criminals)
 diàn lì wǎng electric power grid / power grid
 diàn hú lú arc furnace / electric arc furnace
 qì lún fā diàn jī steam turbine electric generator
 zhá gear / brake / sluice / lock (on waterway) / electric switch or circuit breaker
 diàn mán electric eel
 rè de kuài immersion heater / electric heater for liquid
 bìng jī parallel excitation / shunt excitation / shunt-wound (e.g. electric generator)
 Tōng yòng Diàn qì General Electric / GE
 yáng diàn hè positive electric charge
 diàn lì jī chē electric locomotive
 dì rè fā diàn chǎng geothermal electric power station
 dì rè diàn zhàn geothermal electric power station
 shǒu dǎ hand typewriter (as opposed to electric typewriter), abbr. for 手打字機|手打字机
 shǒu dǎ zì jī hand typewriter (as opposed to electric typewriter)
 zhī guāng watt, unit of power used for electric bulbs
 Sōng xià gōng sī Panasonic Corporation (formerly Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.)
 hé diàn hè shù electric charge on nucleus / atomic number
 kǎo diàn diathermia (medical treatment involving local heating of body tissues with electric current)
 qǐ diàn jī electric generator / dynamo
 zhá hé electric fusebox / switch box
 diàn dòng zhuàn pán an electric turntable
 diàn hú hàn electric arc welding
 diàn dǎ electric typewriter (as opposed to hand typewriter), abbr. for 電打字機|电打字机
 diàn dǎ zì jī electric typewriter (as opposed to hand typewriter)
 diàn yuán chā zuò electric socket / power point
 diàn guàn zhàn electric pumping station in irrigation system
 diàn zhào míng electric lighting
 diàn lǎn tǎ a pylon (for electric power line)
 diàn hè ǒu hé electric charge coupling
 diàn bèi sī electric bass (guitar)
 diàn zhuàn pán an electric turntable
 diàn jiàn electric key / switch
 diàn zhèn electric shock / electroshock
 jí diàn gǎn electric trolley pole
 yīn diàn negative electric charge
 diàn léi guǎn electric detonator / electric primer
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