热电厂

熱電廠
rèdiànchǎng
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 thermal power plant
  2. 2 thermoelectric power station (cogeneration plant supplying both heat and electricity)

Examples

Zhè zuò rèdiànchǎng wèi zhěng gè chéngqū gōngnuǎn hé gōngdiàn.
This thermal power plant supplies heating and electricity to the entire urban area.
Rèdiànchǎng de yāncōng mào zhe nóngyān.
Thick smoke rose from the power plant's smokestacks.

Tips

usage
In Chinese practice 热电厂 specifically refers to combined heat-and-power (cogeneration) plants — they supply both (heat, for district heating) and (electricity). A pure power-only plant is 发电厂 (fādiànchǎng).

Stroke Order

diàn
chǎng