Meaning of 电池
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- battery; electric cell
Measure word: 節|节,組|组
How to use 电池
电池 is the everyday word for any battery, from AA batteries to phone batteries. It often appears with verbs like 换 (huàn, to replace) or 充电 (chōngdiàn, to charge). Example: 我的手机电池没电了。(Wǒ de shǒujī diànchí méi diàn le.) My phone battery is dead.
电 (diàn) means electricity and 池 (chí) means a pool or pond, with the water radical 氵 on the left. A battery is a little pool that stores electricity.
Common mistake: Learners sometimes write 池 with 也 alone or confuse it with 地 (dì, ground), which has the earth radical 土 instead of water 氵. Also keep 池 in the second tone, chí, not chī.
电池 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
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电 diàn · lightning · 5 strokes
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池 chí · pool · 6 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 电池.
| 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 |
| 电台 | diàntái | transmitter-receiver; broadcasting station |
| 电视台 | diànshìtái | television station |
| 电子邮件 | diànzǐ yóujiàn | |
| 电视剧 | diànshìjù | TV series; TV drama |
| 电梯 | diàntī | elevator; escalator |
Questions about 电池
What does 电池 mean?
电池 (diànchí) means "battery; electric cell" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 电池?
电池 is made of 2 characters: 电 (5 strokes), 池 (6 strokes). That is 11 strokes in total.
Is 电池 an HSK word?
Yes. 电池 is on the HSK 5 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 电池 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 电池 is written 電池.
How do you say the battery is low or dead in Chinese?
Say 电池快没电了 (diànchí kuài méi diàn le) for low and 电池没电了 (diànchí méi diàn le) for dead. In casual speech people often just say 没电了 (méi diàn le).
What is the measure word for 电池?
Use 节 (jié) for small cylindrical batteries, as in 两节电池 (liǎng jié diànchí), two batteries. 块 (kuài) is common for flat batteries like phone batteries.