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掉电

掉電
diàodiàn
verb

Meanings

  1. 1 to drain battery (unexpectedly fast)
  2. 2 to lose power
  3. 3 battery drain

Examples

HSK 2
我这手机掉电特别快。
Wǒ zhè shǒujī diàodiàn tèbié kuài.
My phone's battery drains really fast.
HSK 4
一晚上没用也掉电了百分之二十。
Yì wǎnshang méi yòng yě diàodiàn le bǎi fēn zhī èrshí.
It drained 20% overnight even without being used.
HSK 7-9
电池老化以后掉电会越来越严重。
Diànchí lǎohuà yǐhòu diàodiàn huì yuèláiyuè yánzhòng.
As the battery ages, the drain gets worse and worse.

Tips

usage
Colloquial tech complaint word for phones, laptops, earbuds. Often intensified: 掉电快, 特别掉电, 掉电严重. Not used for 'to power off normally', that's 关机.
memory
掉 (to drop/fall) + 电 (electricity), electricity 'falling away' from the battery. The same 掉 appears in 掉线 (to lose connection) and 掉色 (to lose color).

Stroke Order

掉 diào
电 diàn