HSK 5 · Science

电池 diànchí “battery” in Chinese

Traditional 電池

What 电池 means

  1. battery
  2. electric cell

Measure word 节 jié or 组 zǔ · 一节电池 yì jié diànchí

How to say 电池

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale电diàn4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale池chí2nd tone, rising

电池 in a sentence

  1. 电池快没电了。

    Diànchí kuài méidiàn le.

    The battery is nearly flat.

    Sentence #396443 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 这个玩具汽车是装电池的。

    Zhè ge wánjù qìchē shì zhuāng diànchí de.

    This toy car takes batteries.

    Sentence #1517478 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 电池要额外付钱。

    Diànchí yào éwài fùqián.

    The batteries cost extra.

    Sentence #464768 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 电池 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 电 (diàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
电diànlightning
  • 曰say · yuē
  • 乚second (cyclical) form of 乙 · yǐ

Memory aidSimplified from 電: lightning under the rain 雨: electricity.

The character 池 (chí) with each of its parts in a different colour
池chípond
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
  • 也also · yěSound part

氵 hints at the meaning (water); 也 (yě) hints at the sound. Compare it with chí.

How to write 电池

电 5 strokes · 池 6 strokes

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电池 (diànchí) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 电池 (diànchí). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 电池

Words with 电

电脑diànnǎo · computer电视diànshì · television电影diànyǐng · movie电话diànhuà · telephone打电话dǎ diànhuà · to make a phone call电影院diànyǐngyuàn · cinema电diàn · electricity电梯diàntī · lift电子书diànzǐshū · e-book电子邮件diànzǐ yóujiàn · email

Words with 池

池塘chítáng · pond

More words: Science & Technology

程序chéngxù · procedures充电器chōngdiànqì · battery charger复制fùzhì · to duplicate机器jīqì · machine键盘jiànpán · keyboard浏览liúlǎn · to skim over指令zhǐlìng · instruction智能zhìnéng · smart

FAQs

电池 (diànchí) means “battery” or “electric cell”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it diànchí: diàn with a 4th tone, then chí with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 电池 is written 電池. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 节 (jié) or 组 (zǔ). For example, one battery is 一节电池 (yì jié diànchí).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type dianchi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 电池 from the suggestions. Typing dianchi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
电池 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.