安培

ānpéi

noun #27,787

Meanings

Zhège diànlù de diànliú shì wǔ ānpéi.

The current in this circuit is five amperes.

Ānpéi shì guójì dānwèizhì zhōng diànliú de jīběn dānwèi.

The ampere is the base unit of electric current in the International System of Units.

history

安培 is a phonetic transliteration (loanword) of 'ampere', named after French physicist André-Marie Ampère (1775–1836), a pioneer of electromagnetism.

memory

安 (peace/calm) + 培 (to cultivate) — a peaceful cultivator of electricity. Just remember 安 sounds like 'am-' and 培 sounds like '-père'.

安 ān

培 péi