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telephone / CL: / phone call / CL: / phone number
HSK 1
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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
movie; film / CL: , , , 場|场
HSK 1
computer / CL: 臺|台
HSK 1
television; TV / CL: 臺|台,
HSK 1
to make a telephone call
HSK 1
television set / CL: 臺|台
HSK 1
cinema; movie theater / CL: ,
HSK 1
notebook (stationery) (CL:) / (computing) laptop; notebook (abbr. for 筆記本電腦|笔记本电脑)
HSK 2
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
lightning / CL:
HSK 4
electric power source
HSK 4
to recharge (a battery) / (fig.) to recharge one's batteries (through leisure) / to update one's skills and knowledge
HSK 4
electric light / CL: 盞|盏
HSK 4
battery charger
HSK 4
electric vehicle (scooter, bicycle, car etc)
HSK 4
HSK 5
electric rice cooker
HSK 5
electronic edition / digital version
HSK 5
to generate electricity / to send a telegram
HSK 6
household electric appliance / abbr. for 家用電器|家用电器
HSK 6
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
telecommunications
HSK 7-9
telegram / cable / telegraph / CL: ,
HSK 7-9
electricity grid; power grid / electrified wire netting
HSK 7-9
radio; wireless (i.e. the technology used in radio telecommunication) / a radio
HSK 7-9
color TV
HSK 7-9
wire / power cord / CL:
HSK 7-9
satellite TV (abbr. for 衛星電視|卫星电视)
HSK 7-9
light bulb / see also 電燈泡|电灯泡 / third-wheel or unwanted third party spoiling a couple's date (slang) / CL: 個|个
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
to have a power failure / power cut
HSK 7-9
congratulatory telegram
HSK 7-9
telecommunications / telecom
HSK 7-9
electric bell
HSK 7-9
electricity generator / dynamo
HSK 7-9
nuclear power plant
HSK 7-9
electricity / electric / electrical
electric circuit
to call sb back (on the phone) / a return call / to reply to a telegram / to wire back / a reply telegram
electronic / electron (particle physics)
electricity transmission / to transmit electricity
to supply electricity
hydroelectric power / plumbing and electricity
China Central Television (CCTV), abbr. for 中國中央電視台|中国中央电视台
(electrical) resistance
electric power plant
Matsushita (name) / Panasonic (brand), abbr. for 松下電器|松下电器
electrician / electrical engineering / electrical work (in a house)
post and telecommunications
quantity of electric charge
radio and television / broadcasting
thunder and lightning
electrolysis / electrolytic
to experience a power outage; to have a power failure
pyroelectric
to set up an electric circuit / to electrify / to switch on / to be connected to an electricity grid / open telegram
electric charge
to be electrified; to be charged; to be live
inductance
accumulator; battery (for storing electricity)
voltage
to electroplate
an electric current / (old) current intensity
electrical machinery
price of electricity
to save electricity / power saving
photoelectric
electric saw (esp. electric chain saw)
to get an electric shock / to be electrocuted / electric shock
slab; flat board; (engineering) surface plate / flat; level / (fig.) dull; monotonous / abbr. for 平板電腦|平板电脑 and 平板手機|平板手机
electromagnetic
thermal power
machinery and power-generating equipment / electromechanical
ion / ionized (e.g. gas)
electric arc
electric light / lightning / electro-optical
capacitance
(electric) cable
electric wave / alternating current
to phone / to telegram
electrical conductance
video gaming (as a sport) / e-sports (abbr. for 電子競技|电子竞技)
static electricity
a power station / an electricity generating plant
electric potential / voltage
electrical heating
telegraphic transfer (TT)
electrode
positive charge (electricity)
electric welding
electrical energy

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