充电器
HSK 4 (2021)Old HSK 5
充电器 (chōngdiànqì) · charger
充电器 (chōngdiànqì) means “charger”. It is written with 3 characters: 充 (to fill) + 电 (electricity) + 器 (device). It is an HSK 4 word in the 2021 standard.
How 充电器 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)
器 qì · device
What 器 is made of
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 冂 — frame
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 冂 — frame
- 犬quǎn — dog
- 大dà — big
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 人rén — person
- 丶 — dot
- 大dà — big
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 冂 — frame
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 冂 — frame
Origin hint: Four cooking vessels 口 guarded by a dog 犬 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
你带充电器了吗?Nǐ dài chōngdiànqì le ma?Did you bring your charger?
我的充电器坏了。Wǒ de chōngdiànqì huài le.My charger is broken.
Questions about 充电器
What does 充电器 mean?
充电器 (chōngdiànqì) means “charger”.
How do you pronounce 充电器?
充电器 is pronounced chōngdiànqì.
Which HSK level is 充电器?
充电器 is in HSK 4 (2021) and Old HSK 5.
Related words
- 补充bǔchōngto add
- 充满chōngmǎnfull of
- 充电chōngdiànto charge (a battery)
- 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 充电器 with its group
It is part of HSK 4 (2021) · Group 1: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.