电动 diàndòng electric-powered
electric-powered; (Taiwan) video game
How to remember 电动: 电 electricity + 动 move = electric-powered.
Characters
How it is used
- Electric-powered (attributive) - 电动车 (diàndòng chē) electric vehicle/e-bike; 电动牙刷 electric toothbrush.
- Contrast 电子 (diànzǐ, 'electronic', as in 电子邮件 email): 电动 means driven by an electric motor, 电子 means electronics/digital.
Example sentences
- 我本该在买下这个电动剃须刀之前试一下的。 Wǒ běngāi zài mǎixià zhège diàndòng tìxūdāo zhīqián shìyīxià de.I should have tried out this electric shaver before buying it.