发电 fādiàn to generate electricity
to generate electricity; to send a telegram
How to remember 发电: 发 send out + 电 electricity = to generate electricity.
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How it is used
- To generate electricity - 水力发电 (shuǐlì fādiàn) hydroelectric power, 发电厂 (fādiànchǎng) power plant, 发电机 (fādiànjī) generator.
- A separable verb (发出电); the core meaning in modern use is power generation.
- The archaic 'send a telegram' sense is largely obsolete. Technical/energy register.
Example sentences
- 给我发电邮。 Gěi wǒ fā diànyóu.Send me an email.