闪电

閃電

shǎndiàn

noun HSK 4 #3,841

Meanings

A flash of electricity - lightning.

HSK 2

他跑得像闪电一样快。

Tā pǎo de xiàng shǎndiàn yíyàng kuài.

He runs as fast as lightning.

HSK 3

天空中出现了闪电。

Tiānkōng zhōng chūxiàn le shǎndiàn.

Lightning appeared in the sky.

HSK 7-9

闪电过后就是雷声。

Shǎndiàn guòhòu jiùshì léishēng.

After lightning comes thunder.

usage

闪电 is also used as a modifier meaning 'lightning-fast': 闪电战 (blitzkrieg), 闪电送达 (lightning-fast delivery).

闪 shǎn

电 diàn