充电 meaning in English
to recharge (a battery); (fig.) to recharge one's batteries (through rest or leisure)
Meaning of 充电
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- to recharge (a battery)
- (fig.) to recharge one's batteries (through rest or leisure)
- (fig.) to update one's skills and knowledge
How to use 充电
Use 充电 for charging phones, laptops, and electric cars, and also figuratively for resting or studying to improve yourself. It is a verb-object word, so you can split it: 充一下电 (chōng yíxià diàn). Example: 我的手机没电了，我要充电。(Wǒ de shǒujī méi diàn le, wǒ yào chōngdiàn.) My phone is dead, I need to charge it.
充 (chōng) means to fill up, and 电 (diàn) means electricity, so 充电 is simply filling up with electricity. Picture your phone being filled like a cup, then picture yourself being filled with new energy or new knowledge.
Common mistake: Learners often put an object right after 充电, as in 充电手机. Since 充电 already contains its object, say 给手机充电 (gěi shǒujī chōngdiàn) instead. Also keep 充 in the first tone (chōng), not the fourth.
充电 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Stroke order for each character
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充 chōng · sufficient · 6 strokes
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电 diàn · lightning · 5 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 充电.
| 电话 | diànhuà | telephone; phone call |
| 打电话 | dǎ diànhuà | to make a telephone call |
| 电影 | diànyǐng | movie; film |
| 电视 | diànshì | television; TV |
| 电脑 | diànnǎo | computer |
| 电影院 | diànyǐngyuàn | cinema; movie theater |
| 电视机 | diànshìjī | television set |
| 充满 | chōngmǎn | full of; brimming with |
| 电台 | diàntái | transmitter-receiver; broadcasting station |
| 电视台 | diànshìtái | television station |
| 补充 | bǔchōng | to replenish; to supplement |
| 电子邮件 | diànzǐ yóujiàn |
Questions about 充电
What does 充电 mean?
充电 (chōngdiàn) means "to recharge (a battery); (fig.) to recharge one's batteries (through rest or leisure)".
How do you write 充电?
充电 is made of 2 characters: 充 (6 strokes), 电 (5 strokes). That is 11 strokes in total.
Is 充电 an HSK word?
Yes. 充电 is on the HSK 4 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 充电 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 充电 is written 充電.
How do I say phone charger in Chinese?
A charger is 充电器 (chōngdiànqì), and a power bank is 充电宝 (chōngdiànbǎo). Both are very common in daily life in China.
Can 充电 mean taking a course or learning new skills?
Yes. People say 下班后去充电 (xiàbān hòu qù chōngdiàn) to mean studying after work to update their skills. It sounds natural and slightly informal.