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直流

zhíliú
noun #27,516

Meanings

  1. 1 direct current (DC)
  2. 2 to flow steadily

Characters

直
zhí
straight; direct
流
liú
to flow; current

Examples

手机电池使用的是直流电。
Shǒujī diànchí shǐyòng de shì zhíliú diàn.
Mobile phone batteries use direct current.
直流与交流是两种不同的电流形式。
Zhíliú yǔ jiāoliú shì liǎng zhǒng bùtóng de diànliú xíngshì.
DC and AC are two different forms of electrical current.

Tips

memory
直 means 'straight/direct' and 流 means 'flow' — direct current flows straight in one direction, unlike alternating current (交流, jiāoliú) which alternates.

Stroke Order

直 zhí
流 liú

Related Words

流 liú HSK 2 #1,621
to flow / current; stream
直 zhí HSK 3 #1,552
straight; direct / frank; straightforward / continuously; all along
直接 zhíjiē HSK 2 #723
direct; directly / straightforward
潮流 cháoliú HSK 4 #8,649
trend; current; fashion / tidal current
涡流 wōliú #27,780
eddy current / vortex flow / whirlpool current
水流 shuǐliú #10,583
water current / stream / flow of water
直说 zhíshuō #3,828
to speak frankly / to say directly / to be straightforward
直觉 zhíjué HSK 7 #3,059
intuition / gut feeling
直播 zhíbō HSK 3 #2,679
live broadcast; livestream / to broadcast live; to livestream
直升机 zhíshēngjī HSK 6 #2,532
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直流 zhíliú
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