"Electric" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 电气 | diàn qì | electricity / electric / electrical |  |
| 电 |  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 |  |
| 电联车 | diàn lián chē | electric | |
| 有电 | yǒu diàn | electric (apparatus) / electrified / having electricity supply (of a house) | |
| 电源 | diàn yuán | electric power source | |
| 家电 | jiā diàn | household electric appliance / abbr. for 家用電器|家用电器 | |
| 电路 | diàn lù | electric circuit | |
| 电流 | diàn liú | electric current | |
| 风扇 | fēng shàn | electric fan | |
| 家用电器 | jiā yòng diàn qì | domestic electric appliance | |
| 电厂 | diàn chǎng | electric power plant | |
| 电动机 | diàn dòng jī | electric motor | |
| 电量 | diàn liàng | quantity of electric charge or current | |
| 伺服 | sì fú | servo (small electric motor) / computer server | |
| 电光 | diàn guāng | electric light / lightning / electro-optical | |
| 功耗 | gōng hào | electric consumption / power wastage | |
| 两极 | liǎng jí | the two poles / the north and south poles / both ends of sth / electric or magnetic poles | |
| 触电 | chù diàn | to get an electric shock / to be electrocuted / electric shock | |
| 断电 | duàn diàn | power cut / electric power failure | |
| 手电筒 | shǒu diàn tǒng | flashlight / electric hand torch | |
| 电击 | diàn jī | electric shock | |
| 通电 | tōng diàn | to set up an electric circuit / to electrify / to switch on / to be connected to an electricity grid / open telegram | |
| 电灯 | diàn dēng | electric light / CL:盞|盏[zhan3] | |
| 千瓦 | qiān wǎ | kilowatt (unit of electric power) | |
| 插口 | chā kǒu | socket (for an electric plug) / to interrupt (sb speaking) / to butt in | |
| 电波 | diàn bō | electric wave / alternating current | |
| 电线杆 | diàn xiàn gǎn | electric pole / telephone pole / lamppost / CL:根[gen1] | |
| 电线杆 | diàn xiàn gān | electric pole / telephone pole / lamppost / CL:根[gen1] | |
| 电控 | diàn kòng | electric control | |
| 电风扇 | diàn fēng shàn | electric fan / CL:架[jia4],臺|台[tai2] | |
| 电位 | diàn wèi | electric potential / voltage | |
| 电炉 | diàn lú | electric stove / hot plate | |
| 通用电气 | Tōng yòng Diàn qì | General Electric (GE) | |
| 电荷 | diàn hè | electric charge | |
| 电场 | diàn chǎng | electric field | |
| 电吉他 | diàn jí tā | electric guitar | |
| 电扇 | diàn shàn | electric fan | |
| 电火花 | diàn huǒ huā | electric spark | |
| 逆变 | nì biàn | reversing (e.g. electric current) | |
| 电饭锅 | diàn fàn guō | electric rice cooker | |
| 电焊 | diàn hàn | electric welding | |
| 整流器 | zhěng liú qì | rectifier (transforming alternating electric current to direct current) | |
| 电弧 | diàn hú | electric arc | |
| 电锯 | diàn jù | electric saw (esp. electric chain saw) | |
| 松下电器 | Sōng xià Diàn qì | Panasonic Corporation (formerly Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.) | |
| 绕组 | rào zǔ | coil (in electric motor or transformer) | |
| 电子器件 | diàn zǐ qì jiàn | electric equipment | |
| 灯头 | 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) | |
| 电杆 | diàn gǎn | electric pole / telegraph pole | |
| 电杆 | diàn gān | electric pole / telephone pole | |
| 电铃 | diàn líng | electric bell | |
| 电热毯 | diàn rè tǎn | electric blanket | |
| 电钻 | diàn zuàn | electric drill | |
| 无线电波 | wú xiàn diàn bō | radio waves / wireless electric wave | |
| 电动葫芦 | diàn dòng hú lu | electric chain pulley block | |
| 电功率 | diàn gōng lu:4 | electric power (measured in watts) | |
| 电烙铁 | diàn lào tie | electric iron / electric soldering iron | |
| 负电 | fù diàn | negative electric charge | |
| 库仑 | Kù lún | coulomb (unit of electric charge) | |
| 电闸 | diàn zhá | electric switch / circuit breaker | |
| 电锅 | diàn guō | electric rice cooker (Tw) | |
| 电门 | diàn mén | electric switch | |
| 代步车 | dài bù chē | vehicle / (more specifically) mobility vehicle (mobility scooter, electric wheelchair, Segway etc) | |
| 电椅 | diàn yǐ | electric chair (used to execute criminals) | |
| 电力网 | diàn lì wǎng | electric power grid / power grid | |
| 电弧炉 | diàn hú lú | arc furnace / electric arc furnace | |
| 汽轮发电机 | qì lún fā diàn jī | steam turbine electric generator | |
| 闸 | zhá | gear / brake / sluice / lock (on waterway) / electric switch or circuit breaker | |
| 电鳗 | diàn mán | electric eel | |
| 热得快 | rè de kuài | immersion heater / electric heater for liquid | |
| 并激 | bìng jī | parallel excitation / shunt excitation / shunt-wound (e.g. electric generator) | |
| 通用电器 | Tōng yòng Diàn qì | General Electric / GE | |
| 阳电荷 | yáng diàn hè | positive electric charge | |
| 电力机车 | diàn lì jī chē | electric locomotive | |
| 地热发电厂 | dì rè fā diàn chǎng | geothermal electric power station | |
| 地热电站 | dì rè diàn zhàn | geothermal electric power station | |
| 手打 | shǒu dǎ | hand typewriter (as opposed to electric typewriter), abbr. for 手打字機|手打字机 | |
| 手打字机 | shǒu dǎ zì jī | hand typewriter (as opposed to electric typewriter) | |
| 支光 | zhī guāng | watt, unit of power used for electric bulbs | |
| 松下公司 | Sōng xià gōng sī | Panasonic Corporation (formerly Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.) | |
| 核电荷数 | hé diàn hè shù | electric charge on nucleus / atomic number | |
| 烤电 | kǎo diàn | diathermia (medical treatment involving local heating of body tissues with electric current) | |
| 起电机 | qǐ diàn jī | electric generator / dynamo | |
| 闸盒 | zhá hé | electric fusebox / switch box | |
| 电动转盘 | diàn dòng zhuàn pán | an electric turntable | |
| 电弧焊 | diàn hú hàn | electric arc welding | |
| 电打 | diàn dǎ | electric typewriter (as opposed to hand typewriter), abbr. for 電打字機|电打字机 | |
| 电打字机 | diàn dǎ zì jī | electric typewriter (as opposed to hand typewriter) | |
| 电源插座 | diàn yuán chā zuò | electric socket / power point | |
| 电灌站 | diàn guàn zhàn | electric pumping station in irrigation system | |
| 电照明 | diàn zhào míng | electric lighting | |
| 电缆塔 | diàn lǎn tǎ | a pylon (for electric power line) | |
| 电荷耦合 | diàn hè ǒu hé | electric charge coupling | |
| 电贝斯 | diàn bèi sī | electric bass (guitar) | |
| 电转盘 | diàn zhuàn pán | an electric turntable | |
| 电键 | diàn jiàn | electric key / switch | |
| 电震 | diàn zhèn | electric shock / electroshock | |
| 集电杆 | jí diàn gǎn | electric trolley pole | |
| 阴电 | yīn diàn | negative electric charge | |
| 电雷管 | diàn léi guǎn | electric detonator / electric primer | |
