电流 meaning in English

diànliú

an electric current; (old) current intensity

Traditional 電流15 strokes

Meaning of 电流

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

diànliú
  1. an electric current
  2. (old) current intensity

电流 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

危wēi险xiǎn!高gāo压yā电diàn流liú。
Danger! High voltage.
电diàn流liú可kě以yǐ产chǎn生shēng磁cí性xìng。
An electric current can generate magnetism.
磁cí能néng生shēng产chǎn电diàn流liú的de发fā明míng,在zài电diàn力lì领lǐng域yù非fēi常cháng重zhòng要yào。
The discovery that electric currents can be produced by magnetism is extremely important in the field of electricity.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

电 diàn · lightning · 5 strokes

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流 liú · to flow · 10 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 电流.

电话diànhuàtelephone; phone call
打电话dǎ diànhuàto make a telephone call
电影diànyǐngmovie; film
电视diànshìtelevision; TV
电脑diànnǎocomputer
电影院diànyǐngyuàncinema; movie theater
电视机diànshìjītelevision set
流行liúxíng(of a contagious disease etc) to spread; to propagate; (of a style of clothing, song etc)
流利liúlìfluent
交流jiāoliúto exchange; exchange
电台diàntáitransmitter-receiver; broadcasting station
电视台diànshìtáitelevision station

Questions about 电流

What does 电流 mean?

电流 (diànliú) means "an electric current; (old) current intensity".

How do you write 电流?

电流 is made of 2 characters: 电 (5 strokes), 流 (10 strokes). That is 15 strokes in total.

How is 电流 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 电流 is written 電流.