Electric in Chinese
electric · HSK 5
电动
- 电 electricity
- 动 to move
这辆车是电动的。 This car is electric.
Other ways to say electric
More words with 电 or 动
How do you say electric in Chinese?
Electric in Chinese is 电动 (diàn dòng). You can also say 电 (diàn), 新能源 (xīn néng yuán).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
Our own dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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