导体

導體

dǎotǐ

noun #31,416

Meanings

1 conductor (of electricity or heat)
2 conducting material

Characters

body / substance

Examples

铜是一种很好的导体。

Tóng shì yī zhǒng hěn hǎo de dǎotǐ.

Copper is an excellent conductor.

金属一般都是热的良导体。

Jīnshǔ yībān dōu shì rè de liáng dǎotǐ.

Metals are generally good conductors of heat.

Tips

usage

Pair with the opposites 绝缘体 (juéyuántǐ, insulator) and 半导体 (bàndǎotǐ, semiconductor — literally "half-conductor"). 半导体 is also Chinese slang for a transistor radio, since they were the first mass consumer product to use semiconductors.

Stroke Order

导 dǎo

体 tǐ