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電

Simplified Chinese form: 电

Mandarin (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄢˋ
Mandarin (Pinyin): diàn
Cantonese (Jyutping): din6
Definitions:

  1. lightning

  2. electricity

  3. electric (bound form)

  4. to get (or give) an electric shock

  5. phone call or telegram etc

  6. to send via telephone or telegram etc

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Chinese characters used in this word

電 electricity, electric, lightning
Readings
Mandarin: ㄉㄧㄢˋ (diàn)
Cantonese: din6
Japanese: デン (den)、 テン (ten) / いなずま (inazuma)
Korean: 전 (jeon)
Vietnamese: điện
Variants
Simplified Chinese form: 电

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