输电

輸電
shūdiàn
verb #53,980

Meanings

  1. 1 to transmit electricity
  2. 2 power transmission

Examples

HSK 6
Táifēng guāduàn le shūdiàn xiànlù, quán cūn dōu tíngdiàn le.
The typhoon brought down the power lines, and the whole village lost power.
HSK 7-9
Zhōngguó yòng tègāoyā shūdiàn jìshù, bǎ xībù de diàn sòngdào dōngbù yánhǎi chéngshì.
China uses ultra-high-voltage transmission to send electricity from the west to the cities on the east coast.

Tips

memory
Follow the electricity: 发电 (generate), 输电 (transmit), 配电 (distribute), 用电 (consume). 输电 usually comes before a noun: 输电线路 (power line), 输电网 (transmission grid).

Stroke Order

输 shū
电 diàn