"Lightning" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 闪电 | shǎn diàn | lightning / CL:道[dao4] |   |
| 电光 | diàn guāng | electric light / lightning / electro-optical | |
| 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 | |
| 闪 | shǎn | to dodge / to duck out of the way / to beat it / shaken (by a fall) / to sprain / to pull a muscle / lightning / spark / a flash / to flash (across one's mind) / to leave behind / (Internet slang) (of a display of affection) "dazzlingly" saccharine | |
| 列缺 | liè quē | lightning (archaic word) | |
| 飞快 | fēi kuài | very fast / at lightning speed / (coll.) razor-sharp | |
| 划过 | huá guò | (of a meteor etc) to streak across (the sky) / (of a searchlight, lightning etc) to play across (the sky) | |
| 雷电 | léi diàn | thunder and lightning | |
| 萤火虫 | yíng huǒ chóng | firefly / glowworm / lightning bug | |
| 雷击 | léi jī | lightning strike / thunderbolt | |
| 神速 | shén sù | lightning speed / amazingly rapid / incredible pace of development | |
| 电闪 | diàn shǎn | lightning flashes | |
| 风驰电掣 | fēng chí diàn chè | fast as lightning | |
| 避雷器 | bì léi qì | lightning arrester | |
| 避雷针 | bì léi zhēn | lightning rod | |
| 劈手 | pī shǒu | with a lightning move of the hand | |
| 闪击 | shǎn jī | lightning attack / Blitzkrieg | |
| 闪击战 | shǎn jī zhàn | lightning war / Blitzkrieg | |
| 电光朝露 | diàn guāng zhāo lù | flash of lightning, morning dew (idiom) / fig. ephemeral / impermanent | |
| 列缺霹雳 | liè quē pī lì | lightning and thunder | |
| 闪电式结婚 | shǎn diàn shì jié hūn | lightning wedding / to get married on the spur of the moment / abbr. to 閃婚|闪婚 | |
| 雷电计 | léi diàn jì | brontometer / apparatus to measure thunder and lightning | |
| 雷电计图 | léi diàn jì tú | brontograph / record of thunder and lightning | |
| 雷电行动 | Operation Lightning Thunder | | |
| 杀进杀出 | shā jìn shā chū | to execute a lightning raid / (investment) to buy, then quickly sell / (tourism) to visit a destination for only a short stay | |
| 落雷 | luò léi | lightning bolt / lightning strike | |
