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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *传* | 传* | *传
to pass on / to spread / to transmit / to infect / to transfer / to circulate / to conduct (electricity)
HSK 3
to generate electricity / to send a telegram
HSK 6
to end; to close / (electricity) cut-off
HSK 6
electrical power / electricity
HSK 6
(electricity) line; circuit; wire / (traffic) road; track; route
HSK 6
electricity grid; power grid / electrified wire netting
HSK 7-9
to have no contact with / to be cut off from / (electricity) to insulate
HSK 7-9
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
electricity generator / dynamo
HSK 7-9
electricity / electric / electrical
electricity transmission / to transmit electricity
to supply electricity
hydroelectric power / plumbing and electricity
to conduct (heat, electricity etc)
to set up an electric circuit / to electrify / to switch on / to be connected to an electricity grid / open telegram
accumulator; battery (for storing electricity)
(electricity) rotor
price of electricity
to save electricity / power saving
conductor (of electricity or heat)
to open up a path / to make one's way through / to construct a road / (electricity) open circuit
commutation (electricity)
(electricity) stator
static electricity
a power station / an electricity generating plant
to establish ties; to contact / (electricity) to connect (components) in series
positive charge (electricity)
to consume electricity / power consumption
to leak electricity / (fig.) (coll.) to unintentionally arouse romantic interest (by being solicitous etc) / cf. 放電|放电
(of a ship, train etc) not carrying any load (i.e. no passengers or freight etc) / (electricity) no-load (used to describe the condition of a transformer when there is no load connected to its secondary coil)
to torture sb using electricity / electrocution (capital punishment)
electricity hog; electricity guzzler
electricity pylon / transmission tower
to limit the flow of passengers, customers or vehicles / to limit the spread of sensitive content / (electricity) current limiting / (computer networking) rate limiting
to save electricity
(electricity) bridge rectifier
shortage of electricity
electric (apparatus) / electrified / having electricity supply (of a house)
alternating current (electricity)
State Electricity Regulatory Commission (PRC)
multifunction meter (e.g. for gas and electricity supply)
Faraday (name) / Michael Faraday (1791-1867), British experimental physicist prominent in the development of electricity
inverter, device that converts AC electricity to DC and vice versa
to conduct electricity
conductor of electricity
nonconductor (of electricity, heat etc)


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