电梯 diàntī elevator
How to remember 电梯: 电 electricity + 梯 ladder = elevator.
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How it is used
- An elevator/lift - 坐电梯 (zuò diàntī) to take the elevator, 电梯坏了 (diàntī huài le) the elevator's broken.
- 扶梯/自动扶梯 (fútī / zìdòng fútī) is the escalator by contrast; 电梯 is the enclosed lift.
- Literally 'electric ladder' (电 electricity + 梯 ladder/stairs).
- 等电梯 (děng diàntī) = to wait for the elevator.
Example sentences
- 电梯在下降。 Diàntī zài xiàjiàng.The elevator is going down.
- 我乘电梯上三楼。 Wǒ chéng diàntī shàngsānlóu.I took the elevator to the third floor.
- 电梯好像故障了。 Diàntī hǎoxiàng gùzhàng le.The elevator seems to be out of order.