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电diànlightning
曰say · yuē
乚second (cyclical) form of 乙 · yǐ
Memory aidSimplified from 電: lightning under the rain 雨: electricity.
子zǐson
了clear · le
一one · yī
Memory aidA baby with its arms out and its legs wrapped up.
书shūbook
书 is a single shape of 4 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.
Memory aidSimplified from 書: a hand holding a brush 聿 over words: to write, a book.
How to write 电子书
电 5 strokes · 子 3 strokes · 书 4 strokes
Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.
Stroke order chart for 电子书 (diànzǐshū). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.
电子书 (diànzǐshū) means “e-book” or “electronic book”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word.
Say it diànzǐshū: diàn with a 4th tone, then zǐ with a 3rd tone, then shū with a 1st 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, 电子书 is written 電子書. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type dianzishu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 电子书 from the suggestions. Typing dianzishu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
电子书 is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 5 word list. It is not on the older 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.
电diàn4th tone, falling
子zǐ3rd tone, dipping
书shū1st tone, high and level
