充电
HSK 4 (2021)
充电 (chōngdiàn) · to charge (a battery)
充电 (chōngdiàn) means “to charge (a battery); to recharge oneself”. It is written with 2 characters: 充 (to fill) + 电 (electricity). It is an HSK 4 word in the 2021 standard.
How 充电 is built
The characters
充 chōng · to fill
What 充 is made of
- 亠tóu — lid
- 丶 — dot
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 允yǔn — to grant
- 厶sī — private
- 儿ér — child
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 乚 — hook stroke
电 diàn · electricity
What 电 is made of
- 曰yuē — to speak
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 乚 — hook stroke
Origin hint: Simplified form of 電; lightning 申 from a storm cloud 雨 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
我的手机需要充电了。Wǒ de shǒujī xūyào chōngdiàn le.My phone needs charging.
他周末学习新技术，给自己充电。Tā zhōumò xuéxí xīn jìshù, gěi zìjǐ chōngdiàn.He learns new skills on weekends to update himself.
Questions about 充电
What does 充电 mean?
充电 (chōngdiàn) means “to charge (a battery); to recharge oneself”.
How do you pronounce 充电?
充电 is pronounced chōngdiàn.
Which HSK level is 充电?
充电 is in HSK 4 (2021).
Related words
- 补充bǔchōngto add
- 充满chōngmǎnfull of
- 充电器chōngdiànqìcharger
- 充分chōngfènfull
- 充当chōngdāngto act as
- 充沛chōngpèifull of (energy)
- 充实chōngshírich
- 充足chōngzúsufficient
- 扩充kuòchōngto expand
- 冒充màochōngto pretend to be
Learn 充电 with its group
It is part of HSK 4 (2021) · Group 100: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.