水电站

水電站
shuǐdiànzhàn
noun #53,961

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 hydroelectric power station
  2. 2 hydropower plant

Examples

Sānxiá shuǐdiànzhàn shì shìjiè zuì dà de shuǐdiànzhàn.
The Three Gorges is the world's largest hydroelectric station.
Zhè tiáo hé shàngyóu jiàn le yí zuò shuǐdiànzhàn.
A hydropower station was built upstream of this river.

Tips

culture
China leads the world in hydropower. 三峡水电站 (Three Gorges) on the Yangtze is the largest; 白鹤 (Baihetan) on the Jinsha River is second. Hydropower supplies roughly 17% of China's electricity.
memory
(water) + (electricity) + (station) = literally 'water-electricity station' — straightforward construction once you know the parts.

Stroke Order

shuǐ
diàn
zhàn