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电流

diàn liú · dian liu

Traditional 電流

Meaning

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  1. an electric current
  2. (old) current intensity
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The lamp will not light

  1. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)的(de)小灯(xiǎodēng)怎么(zěnme)不(bù)亮(liàng)？

    Why does your little lamp not light up?

  2. Dengdeng

    可能(kěnéng)电线(diànxiàn)断(duàn)了(le)，电流(diànliú)过(guò)不(bù)去(qù)

    Maybe the wire is broken, so no current can get through.

  3. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)来(lái)看看(kànkan)。啊(a)，电池(diànchí)装(zhuāng)反(fǎn)了(le)！

    Let me look. Oh! The battery is in backwards!

  4. Dengdeng

    真的(zhēnde)吗(ma)？电流(diànliú)要(yào)走(zǒu)对(duì)方向(fāngxiàng)

    Really? So the current needs to go the right way.

  5. Liangliang

    现在(xiànzài)亮(liàng)了(le)！电流(diànliú)跑(pǎo)起来(qǐlai)了(le)！

    Now it is on! The current is running!

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2 examples
01

磁(cí)能(néng)生(shēng)产(chǎn)电(diàn)流(liú)的(de)发(fā)明(míng)，在(zài)电(diàn)力(lì)领(lǐng)域(yù)非(fēi)常(cháng)重(zhòng)要(yào)。

The discovery that electric currents can be produced by magnetism is extremely important in the field of electricity.

Tatoeba: Chinese by eastasiastudent · English by eastasiastudent · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

电(diàn)流(liú)可(kě)以(yǐ)产(chǎn)生(shēng)磁(cí)性(xìng)。

An electric current can generate magnetism.

Tatoeba: Chinese by Martha · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

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