HSK 6 · Science

电源 diànyuán “power supply” in Chinese

Traditional 電源

What 电源 means

  1. power supply
  2. electric power source

How to say 电源

  • 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源yuán2nd tone, rising

电源 in a sentence

  1. 电源转接器的包装盒在哪里？

    Diànyuán zhuǎnjiēqì de bāozhuānghé zài nǎlǐ?

    Where’s the box the power adapter came in?

    Sentence #13563276 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 我把果酱撒到电源插座上短路了。

    Wǒ bǎ guǒjiàng sǎ dào diànyuán chāzuò shàng duǎnlù le.

    I spilt jam on the power point and it short-circuited.

    Sentence #9931141 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 电源 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 源 (yuán) with each of its parts in a different colour
源yuánroot
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
  • 原source · yuánSound part

氵 hints at the meaning (water); 原 (yuán) hints at the sound. Compare it with yuán.

How to write 电源

电 5 strokes · 源 13 strokes

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

Words related to 电源

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 源

资源zīyuán · resources能源néngyuán · energy根源gēnyuán · root来源láiyuán · source起源qǐyuán · origin源泉yuánquán · source

More words: Science & Technology

沉淀chéndiàn · to settle创新chuàngxīn · innovation导弹dǎodàn · guided missile登录dēnglù · to log in地质dìzhì · geology放射fàngshè · to radiate反射fǎnshè · reflex发射fāshè · to launch

FAQs

电源 (diànyuán) means “power supply” or “electric power source”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it diànyuán: diàn with a 4th tone, then yuán 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, 电源 is written 電源. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type dianyuan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 电源 from the suggestions. Typing dianyuan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
电源 is an HSK 6 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.