电暖器

電暖器

diànnuǎnqì

noun

Measure Word

一台电暖器 tái

Meanings

1 electric heater
2 electric space heater

Characters

Examples

南方冬天没有暖气,家家都用电暖器。

Nánfāng dōngtiān méiyǒu nuǎnqì, jiājiā dōu yòng diànnuǎnqì.

Southern China has no central heating, so every household uses electric heaters.

小心电暖器别离被子太近。

Xiǎoxīn diànnuǎnqì bié lí bèizi tài jìn.

Be careful not to put the electric heater too close to the bedding.

这个电暖器还带烘干功能。

Zhè ge diànnuǎnqì hái dài hōnggān gōngnéng.

This electric heater also has a clothes-drying function.

Tips

culture

North of the Qinling-Huaihe line, buildings have central heating (暖气) from the state grid. South of it, they don't — so winter in Shanghai or Chengdu means personal 电暖器, 空调, and 小太阳 radiators.

Stroke Order

电 diàn

暖 nuǎn

器 qì